You will be able to swap out the external solid state drive (SSD) storage on your Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S without rebooting the console, Microsoft has confirmed.

Here's what you need to know about the storage options and capacity of the Xbox Series X and Series S.

Microsoft's Xbox Storage Expansion Card adds an ultra-fast 1TB SSD to your Xbox Series X or Series S, with its RRP inflated by notoriously costly PCIe 4.0 technology.

The Xbox Series X's new proprietary SSD was custom-built by Microsoft for fast loading times, intuitive functionality like expanded Quick Resume, and a virtual RAM memory cache for developers.

With Xbox Series X and Series S demanding high-speed SSD storage, these are the best SSD external drives to expand your console.

Xbox's strategy regarding expandable storage for its next-generation consoles has so far seemed pretty straightforward. At launch, there'll be one official product in the SSD category that'll work ...

The Xbox Series X uses a custom-made proprietary PCIe 4.0 SSD that's specifically designed to synergize with the rest of the system on a hardware and software level.

Don't run out of space in your Xbox Series X or Series X. Grab one of these SSDs and hard drives to add more storage for your games and media.

A carbon black version of the Xbox Series S with 1 TB of storage will be released on September 1 for $350.