# Remote device sign-in

DevFeed: [Remote device sign-in](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/remote-device-sign-in-2124.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog//remote-device-sign-in>)

Published: 2017-06-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [SoundCloud Backstage Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/soundcloud-backstage-blog.md>)

Topics: [Xbox](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/xbox.md>), [Usability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/usability.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/passwords.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>)

Tags: [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [auth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/auth.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [console](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/console.md>), [devices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devices.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [oauth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oauth.md>), [password](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/password.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [token](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/token.md>), [usability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/usability.md>), [xbox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/xbox.md>)

## AI overview

The article presents a remote device sign-in flow for devices with poor text-entry usability, such as Xbox One. A user opens a URL on a phone or laptop, enters a short code shown on the target device, authenticates if necessary, and confirms linking the target device to their account. The target device polls for completion and then obtains an access token.

## Source excerpt

A method for signing in to a device that doesn't have a keyboard When we were developing our SoundCloud app for Xbox One, something became very obvious during usability testing: signing in with a game controller really sucks. Entering text requires navigating a virtual keyboard to individual letters, numbers, and characters one at a time - such a nightmare! Plus, letters, numbers, and special characters are spread across three screens. The more secure your password is, the worse the experience is. Entering a password with a game controller using an onscreen keyboard