One of the best PS5 features is now on Xbox Series X – and you really need to turn it on

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It may have taken eight years, but one of the best PS5 features – which it inherited from the PS4 – is now finally available on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles. 

However, the fancy new Xbox feature is actually turned off by default, which means that many of you might be blissfully unaware of its existence unless you’re the sort who diligently follows each and every Xbox system update. 

So what is this game-changing feature, then? Well, if you’ve ever used a wired or wireless pair of headphones on Xbox Series X, you’re probably used to picking up the remote controller and turning down your TV speakers. 

It’s something that I’ve grown accustomed to over the years because unlike the PS4 and PS5, which automatically mutes your TV whenever a headset is connected, the Xbox One and its subsequent models never did. 

But thankfully, that’s no longer the case.

In December of last year, an update dropped which added an option to mute TV audio whenever you connect a wired or wireless headset – and it’s an absolute godsend. You’ll need to head to ‘Settings’, ‘Volume and audio output’, ‘Additional Options’, and look for ‘Mute speaker audio when headset attached’. Tick this box and you’re good to go.

Now, as if by magic, whenever you attach a wired headset to your controller using the headphone jack or use something like the Xbox Wireless Headset which the console recognizes, your speaker audio will mute automatically.

That means no more echoing background audio because you forgot to mute the TV, and the days of telling someone to “turn down their speakers” because you can hear their game audio blasting out through party chat will hopefully become a thing of the past.

This seemingly simple feature was something I actually requested