Ha, Xbox One TV Ads Featuring Voice Commands Are Interacting With Consoles

Microsoft has trumpeted the voice control capability of the Xbox One as it allows you to interact extensively with the console. With voice commands, you can do many things such as recording a short clip of your gameplay and saving it to the cloud by saying “Xbox, record that”. Another of the rather nifty commands is the ability to turn on your console by saying “Xbox On”. But it seems there is a bit of a snag with this feature - and a rather amusing one, at that - because when Microsoft airs a commercial that says ‘Xbox On’, the ad is apparently turning on consoles in some consumers' homes.

[Godmars290]

So much for recognizing "you".

Surprised there haven't been stories about the snap feature causing command issues.

[Regis]

I was at my friend's house and he started playing DR3 and I shout Xbox off and it froze his game and brought up the command prompt of yes or no. That's bad.

@Death but at the start up menu it asked my friend if he wanted to turn off the kinect and he did however I still said it.

[Gr1mmyshadows]

that weird cause everytime I yell xbox off nothing ever comes up to confirm and my xbox just stays on as if it never heard me

[Regis]

@TRD4L1fe

It may be missing the prompt program, I don't know not every machine is perfect.

[BX81]

@TRD try redoing the settings on the kinect. I have no problems with mine as of now.

[Robdeagle]

The command is "xbox turn off"

[UnHoly_One]

Try harder troll

[UltimateMaster]

This is where voice commands can become problematic. When you live with someone else who will mess around with your Xbox One.

[SITH]

Fail. The command is Xbox turn off.

[SilentNegotiator]

It doesn't recognize your voice, it doesn't remember your face after a haircut...what DOES Kinect do to identify you?

[Harmy666]

Hmm, that's strange because the command is "Xbox, Turn Off"

Try harder next time please.

[Regis]

At everyone who thinks I'm trolling I'm not. Its what I said and the command prompt came up wanting conformation to turn off that's it.

[Death]

That's the bitch about microphones, they can't see. When the console is in standby mode, the mic is actively listening for "Xbox on". When it hears that, it powers on the console and the camera part of Kinect. When the camera sees you, then it will automatically sign you in. Contrary to what many choose to believe, the camera isn't always watching you, otherwise it would have the ability to recognize "you" and not rely on an audible command.

@Regis, it can also be turned off if you think people randomly saying "Xbox turn off" is going to be a problem.

[Utalkin2me]

@Death
" Contrary to what many choose to believe, the camera isn't always watching you, otherwise it would have the ability to recognize "you" and not rely on an audible command. "

Well i am sure that would be to obvious to automatically recognize you when you walk in the room, they couldn't make it that obvious. If the camera has power then it can watch and listen anyway it wants, contrary to what you believe.

[Death]

Who is "they"? You honestly think they disable camera recognition in the low power standby mode as a cover to a greater conspiracy to catch me in my Spider-man underoos?

[Rainstorm81]

Its always scanning for something....I was watching a live stream on ps4 of someone playing Ryse off screen....you could see kinect flashing or scannning, it not visible to the naked eye but it showed up on camera

[ShinMaster]

Kinect is always working in the background.
That's why it leeches 10% Xbox One's performance.

[malokevi]

"So much for recognizing "you"."

Oh god, lol. So much for opening with a joke! You're waaaaay too emotionally invested in this.

I feel like this is supposed to be funny. Not something to get all peeved about. PS4 is out, Xbox is out, isn't it about time to lighten up?

=)

[pyramidshead]

"*Your experience may differ"

[OrangePowerz]

What happend to "it will only listen to you"?

[Bigpappy]

That is after you turn it on with Kinect. Kinect camera decides for who is speaking not the mic.

[FragMnTagM]

I remember reading about it looking for lip movement.

[BX81]

I disagree. My kinect will sign me in by recognition but if my wife says Xbox off it'll ask if I wanna turn it off.

[G20WLY]

Also, amazingly, it will sign you in on sight*!

*Disclaimer, as long as you don't have a haircut, insert hair extensions, wear your hair differently from normal, grow a beard, shave a beard, wear glasses, get a tan or develop a spot.

I kid, of course ;P

[Transporter47]

I wonder if you have it plugged in and you are watching tv and that comes on would that work?

[ziggurcat]

insomniac had an office-wide prank where someone (i believe) would say "xbox off" over the PA system, and shut people's consoles down hahaha

[n4rc]

Ya.. But that's an outside source ie not coming thru the TV speakers

I've tried that myself... A buddy can command my console over speakerphone.. But not over Skype or party chat etc

[Tiechie]

I rang my friend yesterday, I could hear him on dead rising 3. I asked why it was so loud, and he said I was on loud speaker, so instantly I shouted xbox off and it turned his console off.

[gnothe1]

your a liar cause it don't work like that...lmao.....plus you have to CONFIRM if you wanna shut down...come on dude..everybody likes a good laugh...but atlest tell the truth..lol

[Tiechie]

Well, i can tell you one thing. Something happened when I said it. He called me a ****ing idiot. However I cant say what happened, cos I was serval miles away in my house. So maybe it just went to the confirmation screen I don't really know.

[ThanatosDMC]

Yeah, after you say "Xbox off" you have to say "yes".

[BX81]

Lmao, I didn't mean me, it was a friend of mine. Oh I didn't mean a friend of mine I ment a friend of my friend did it. What a clown.

[lets_go_gunners]

It doesn't work like that.

[Godmars290]

And yet you're posting in an article where the exact thing is happening. Except that its a commercial. A different command.

[Finch]

Haha, but it's Xbox turn off and then Yes.

[dmeador]

Cool story, brah

[Death]

It's the exact same thing, but the opposite? You can't shut off the console without verification after saying "Xbox turn off". I'd imagine if you really want to be a douche you can wait and say yes afterwards and hope it hears you.

[mushroomwig]

I know they're selling the system but it really bugs me when they load up a game in a commercial and it loads instantly, compared to it taking 2-3 minutes in real-life like you can see in the video. Even by the end of the video the game still hasn't loaded.

[kingliam3]

Just to let you know it doesn't take anywhere near 2-3 mins.. It takes between 20 and 30 seconds.

[Haki1112]

the game may not boot fast but man that instant flip is awesome from going from DR3 to KI it's instant

[mhunterjr]

If the game is already loaded, it's doesn't take long to switch at all...

Besides, commercials get 30seconds to show off features... They are going to cram as many as they can into a spot..

[CYCLEGAMER]

No....the game switching is instant and takes no where near 2-3 minutes

[XboxFun]

"compared to it taking 2-3 minutes in real-life"

Spoken like someone who does not have the system at all.

[Daves]

pillocks lol.

[dmeador]

The voice features are awesome. I'm using them all the time for things. I would say it recognizes me about 90% of the time (I see no reason it wouldn't get better with time). It reminds me of when I first started using touch screens, hard to go back.

[tiremfej]

When you calibrate your microphone you need to turn your system up as loud as it can go/you can stand it...the mic will adjust accordingly and be able to recognize and understand better...at first I had to nearly yell for it to recognize my voice...no I just have to speak up.

[timlot]

It recognizes the difference between me and my wife. When she talks it changes to her profile with different tile colors and everything. It can however respond when you are not in front of the camera, say in the kitchen I can yell "Xbox watch ESPN" even though I'm not in front of kinect. Its not a mistake its better that way. It would be inconvenient if you had to be in front of it to make commands.

[Double_O_Revan]

Yea, I can see the fights my kids would have. It's bad enough when they chase each other around for the remote. Now all they'd have to do it yell out commands to piss the other one off.

"DAD!! I was watching TV and Andy walked in the room and said 'Xbox OFF!!"

[BobBelcher]

Topic name is very fanboyish.

[Snookies12]

Why is it fanboyish? It's kind of funny, that's all. An entertaining little accident. I'd laugh too if something like that happened with Sony or Nintendo lol.

[MRMagoo123]

Didnt you know anyone bringing up something that could be classed as a negative on the xbone equals fanboyish and bringing up anything positive about the ps4 is fanboyish as well?

I gave an unbiased opinion of what i thought about kinect after trying it and had people trying to pretend its fanboyish, i said use voice commands on the new consoles feels like im playing simon says with them, kinda awkward imo.

[BobBelcher]

"ha"?
That's a needed part of the title?
If they're gonna do that, they might as well of put "nanny nanny boo boo Microsoft"

[christocolus]

Lol..Just goes to show how responsive the kinect is..having fun with mine..dont see this as a problem though .im amazed by how responsive the device is...

[Bathyj]

OMG. Xbox becomes self aware November 25, 2013. Skynet is born.

[RevXM]

Then comes John Connor from the future.
"Xbox OFF!" (saves the world!)
"You have been put to sleep-mode!".

Lmao.

[MRMagoo123]

you wont be able to see them coming either apparently they have there own smoke grenades lol http://n4g.com/news/1401258...

[lawgone]

Typical day at N4G. Top 5 stories...4 PS4 and 1 negative Xbox One article by Mariadelfutura. What a joke. I'm loving the Xbox One.

[Prime157]

I didn't take it as a negative. Took it as a funny.

[lawgone]

Ha, 9 people disagree with me loving my xbox one.

[Elit3Nick]

More than one negative xbox article

[Grave]

I can't even imagine how many girlfriends and wives have already uttered the dreaded phrase: "XBOX TURN OFF!!!"

[n4rc]

I call bs..

It knows when sound is coming from your TV speakers or not... I've had by buddy say it over Skype and seen the ads.. Neither trigger the console

[kewlkat007]

Haha kinda funny..

[Chimichanga]

The reason it's reacting is because the commercial is being played on a separate tv in the same room. If they hooked the cable signal up through the Xbox, it wouldn't react to it because the kinect knows what the Xbox is passing through. It will happen with a setup like that.

[n4rc]

That'll do it..

[JustPhoPhun]

"xbox porn hub!"

[Oblivious334]

Is that a WiiU I see!?

[UnHoly_One]

If these people had their console running the tv already this couldn't happen. It can't turn on the xbox if it is already on, and I can't watch tv unless it is on, so this is a non-issue.

[jacksjus]

Great now I have to code words for the kids, the dog and now the XBox. How wonderful!