# Xbox Elite 3 prototype pad leaks with tiny built-in screen

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/xbox-elite-3-prototype-pad-leaks-with-tiny-built-in-screen/
- Published: 2026-08-11T23:01:48+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-12T05:25:14+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/games/978374/xbox-elite-3-prototype-pad-leaks-with-tiny-built-in-screen
- Topics: Americas, Entertainment, Gaming, TV, World

## Key points

- Leaked photos show an Xbox Elite 3 prototype with a built-in screen
- Also reveals dual scroll wheels, repairable design and Torx screws
- Non-functional unit reportedly bought for $200 on OfferUp
- Sources say the controller is still due to launch later this year

## Summary

A prototype of Microsoft's next Xbox Elite controller has surfaced in leaked photographs, confirming a previously unseen built-in screen alongside hardware upgrades that had already been anticipated from earlier regulatory filings. A Reddit user claims to have bought the non-functional engineering sample for $200 on the secondhand marketplace OfferUp, and images show the small display presenting cloud-connection status and a mode-switching menu that closely matches a diagram leaked by a Brazilian regulator in May.

The photographs also reveal dual scroll wheels, four rear paddles, a detachable D-pad, hair-trigger locks, a carrying case, and a battery compartment fitted with standard Torx T6 screws and a QR code, suggesting Microsoft has designed the pad to be easier to repair at home. Although the unit is clearly unfinished, marked "NOT FOR SALE" with placeholder regulatory numbers and unable to pair with any console, details such as a Microsoft-linked internal URL lend the leak credibility, and The Verge's Microsoft sources say the controller, believed to be the Xbox Elite Series 3, is still expected to launch later this year.

## Coverage

- [The Verge: Xbox Elite 3 prototype pad leaks with tiny built-in screen](https://www.theverge.com/games/978374/xbox-elite-3-prototype-pad-leaks-with-tiny-built-in-screen)
- [IGN: Purported Xbox Elite Series 3 Controller Prototype Somehow Ends Up in a Customer's Hands](https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-elite-series-3-controller-prototype-somehow-ends-up-in-a-customers-hands)

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