11 Secrets of the Xbox Series S

The Xbox Series S is an undeniably next gen console with several secrets hiding behind its sleek white casing. From controller tricks to storage hacks, here are several secrets you never knew about the Xbox Series S – and perhaps some reasons why you should nab one to check them out for yourself!

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[zucartas]

I bought the Seagate Expansion Card and it makes the Series S experience absolutely incredible, the console really is amazing

[mikellwilliams]

I was honestly shocked at how fast it is, and how smooth it runs. Glad I bought it

[xboxon]

Small error in the video we uploaded yesterday. Sorry for the reupload guys 💚

[Bavari]

I adore my Series S....such an impressive little beast.

[alteredscot]

So dam small yet fantastically priced and specced.

[akawilly]

PSA: it isn't "underrated" if you keep seeing reviewers and journalists praising how great it is. It just means it's as great as everyone keeps saying it is.

[sanchezs]

I own both Series X/S and find myself gaming more on my XSS. I love how compact it is and fast. I travel alot at my job and take it with me as well. When it comes to extra storage i bought a used 1tb SSD from OfferUp at $50 also bought a pre-owned 512GB Seagate Expansion SSD at Walmart for $89. I have never been happier. Okay but lets talk to about the elephant in the closet: Dying Light 2 and Cyberpunk 2077 running at 30FPS now its not XSS Fault so don't think it can't handle 60FPS or 120FPS, the developers weren't trying to put in the effort and take advantage of XSS Hardware which proven it can handle it but not as powerful as XSX but good enough tho.

[tshidziwanimboneni]

The little Beast, This console right here is phenomenal.. it amazed me the first day i got to experience it

[darkoshadowfury]

How many times are you gonna reupload this?

[waynestevens]

Just a shame that a lot of new games are still locked at 30 FPS..

1080/60FPS should be the benchmark minimum..

[matthewhardwick]

It wins my cutest console award that I just made up right now 😅😄

[hardwired]

Is it just me or was this uploaded yesterday?

[vegaspowerlifting]

I love my series s. I bought the internal expansion and portable hard drive for those games that are not next gen.

[Mrchickencoop]

I agree with the first one because I also bought a 1 tb hard drive but just not a sea gate because they are a bit more pricey.

[SureFire]

As someone who buying one today and upgrading from the severely underpowered switch for games such as Apex Legends and Fortnite I feel like getting a series s is going to be so much of an improvement it's going to be stellar!

[robdorr]

It’s critical that you invest in a super high speed hdmi cable. Interestingly the super high speed hdmi cord comes with the series X but the Series S comes with the older version of HDMI. Invest in a the super High speed HDMI. You will get the most out of the 1440P.

[Funnylittleman]

I was genuinely surprised at how smol this boy is in person. Overall it’s not a bad console, especially for the price, but a lot of games get stuck at 30fps and I really hate that.

[Saiub]

Xbox Series S (the s stands for SPICY)
I keep mine horizontal because my cat CAN and WILL show his appreciation by knocking it over...

[kollieswurve]

I was amazed that you can instantly stream games from cloud without installing them . man thats incredible feature, if you can't do that on ps5 then I think xbox x/s is better. also way better games on xbox. ive had playstation my whole life and theres rlly no game selection anymore. i love my xbox s

[ferjitsu]

Here in EU there's no series X to buy at all. So I bought a series s and can't complain. It's not really the same and games like Halo Infinite runs at 60 fps while on series x at 120, but for 289, 00 bucks it's a fantastic machine. Now stop charging us to play online!