Best Xbox One Battery Packs 2023

Sep 22, 2023

Get the best Xbox One battery pack possible for your controller with our guide.

Constantly draining and replacing the batteries for your Xbox controller is both time-consuming and expensive, which is why getting your hands on one of these rechargeable equivalents is an essential move.

Instead of disposing of AA batteries once the juice runs out, you'll be dealing with rechargeable packs that can quickly and easily refill their supplies and pop right back onto your controller.

Often, these rechargeable packs will come with a couple of packs, too, which means you can swap between them and always remain in the game. As we detail below, a few of the best options are also compatible with the latest generation of Microsoft controllers, designed for the Series X and Xbox Series S.

Whatever your budget and requirements, we've got the very solution for you.

Best overall

The Venom battery packs are affordable, easy to use and convenient. We think they're a great choice for most people.

These battery packs from Venom are extremely popular, and there's a good reason for that.

Not only are they very affordable, but they'll give you up to 18 hours of playtime on a charge.

If your controller starts dying in the heat of the moment, you can just plug it in and continue playing while it charges.

With two packs included in the deal, you can have one on standby or game with a friend.

While Venom's rechargeable battery packs are our top recommendation for those who want something to power their Xbox controller, it's entirely possible it isn't the right fit for your needs, also. That's why we've also tested and recommended the below options, which include play-and-charge kits.

Max power

PowerA's charging kits are affordable and really easy to use, with their own custom covers.

PowerA is a really well-known and respected name in the accessories market, for good reason - it has a range of useful gadgets you can add to your consoles to make them more user-friendly.

It's no surprise, therefore, that it has an excellent charging kit for Xbox One gamers, letting you easily add a rechargeable battery pack to your controllers that you can charge while using.

Lead the charge

A top play-and-charge alternative that features helpful LED indicators.

Rii's play-and-charge alternative isn't quite as long-lasting as others, in our experience, but it's still a very good solution for those who want to keep a consistent charge running to a pair of Xbox controllers.

The LEDs on top of the rechargeable unit let you know when the charge levels are full or running low, with each able to provide power for around 6-8 hours.

As with any play-and-charge kit, you do have to put up with the cable during charge, but at least Rii gives you the option to match the colour to your pad.

All the batteries

With this 4-bay charger, you'll always have a battery on standby ready to jump into the action at a moment's notice.

Offering four batteries and a 4-bay charger, this pack from Tunrop is an amazing value.

It's perfect for households with lots of gamers, and also great for single players who'd just like to have lots of batteries on standby.

At 1500 mAh, they aren't the most capacious batteries on our list, but they should see you through some long gaming sessions - and you'll have plenty of spares.

Long-lasting power

Another versatile option that should mean users never have to skip the action.

Another excellent alternative for those hunting a rechargeable duo comes from Smatree, with its offering also compatible with Xbox One, Xbox One Slite and Xbox Series X/S controllers.

While the company claims you get around 48 hours of total playtime, we found that each battery pack typically lasted around 10-14 hours, putting it only marginally ahead of the rest of the field.

As with others, the LEDs also let you know when the packs are fully charged. However, in our experience, they do take quite a while to get to this point, often in the range of around seven hours.

Choosing the best battery pack for your Xbox One controller isn't necessarily the hardest decision you'll ever have to make, but there are a few things to consider before you select one of the picks above.

This is the biggest point of distinction between the rechargeable batteries you can get for your Xbox controller. They all roughly do the same job, and that's replacing the need for individual AA batteries, but the way they recharge is fundamentally different - and neither will work for everyone.

One type, as shown in the picks above, will see you have an external dock for a battery pack. The benefit of these models is that they often come in twin packs, meaning that you can use one while another waits in the wings. However, they don't, of course, allow you to play while it charges - and households who like to use two controllers won't necessarily see the benefit of having a spare battery ready to swap in.

On the other hand, play and charge kits do allow you to, well, play while charging. The downside here is that you'll have to plug in a wire until the pack is recharged, but they are extremely versatile.

Naturally, battery packs for your Xbox One aren't wildly expensive, but there is a slight variance depending on which type of recharger you go with.

Typically, external recharging docks will usually cost a little more, but this is usually due to the batteries included featuring a higher mAh figure - and therefore packing more life into the same size.

Play and charge kits, while convenient, are often cheaper but offer slightly weaker battery life.

How much you want to spend, as ever, will depend on whether the above matters a lot to your play sessions.

The Xbox One controller has been out for a long time, and therefore has tons of compatible batteries. By comparison, though, the newer Xbox Wireless Controller (that launched in 2020 with the Xbox Series X and Series S) has less options designed for it. Most, in our testing and research, do work with Xbox's most up-to-date pad but be sure to double-check this.

This also applies to those using wireless, third-party Xbox controllers.

Max is an avid gamer, but writes about whatever is newsworthy, and works across features, reviews, buyer's guides and more for the site.Max joined Pocket-lint after a fruitful spell writing about wearable and smart home tech for Wareable and The Ambient as a magazine journalism graduate from City, University of London.He's also contributed to Kotaku UK, The Sunday Times, the Press Association and MUNDIAL. When he's not working, his time is divided worryingly evenly between football, culture and sleeping.