If you’re a proud new owner of an XBox One this holiday season, you’re probably still learning everything about it. I was lucky enough to get mine on launch day and you can read my XBox One First Impressions article. Microsoft has been known for voice commands for years. They were one of the first to integrate it into their smartphones back in Windows Mobile and they’re the technology behind the Ford Sync system. Now, they’ve finally brought it to the XBox and it works quite well. Here are a list of voice commands you can use with your new XBox One and what each of them do.
Basic Commands
Xbox on – Wakes up Xbox One, can turn on television and cable/satellite set-top box
Xbox turn off – Puts Xbox One to sleep/off, can turn off television and cable/satellite set-top box. You’ll then have to confirm you want to turn it off with a “yes”
Xbox select – Shows voice command options for everything on the screen that is supported, highlighting relevant commands
Xbox Stop listening – Stops Kinect from listening or cancels voice commands if Kinect is triggered during casual conversation
Xbox help – Shows help menu with available options
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Xbox show notification – Shows on-screen notification(s)
TV Commands
If you have your cable/satellite set top box connected through your XBox One, you can use these commands–
Xbox watch TV – Launches cable or satellite TV from set-top box. We’ve used this a lot, it works really well
Xbox show guide or Xbox OneGuide – Launches OneGuide for cable or satellite TV subscribers. Less useful at the moment, as it’s not coming to the UK until 2014
Xbox volume up/down Xbox mute/unmute – Controls volume of TV set or AV receiver, if enabled in the settings
XBox One Interface
Xbox go Home or Xbox show my stuff – Returns to Home. This is the command you’ll probably use the most
Xbox Snap [app] – Launches activity in Snap mode. This is great fun and works well.
Xbox unsnap – Unsnaps activity in Snap mode
Xbox switch – Switches focus of the activities in Snap mode and Fill mode
Xbox go to [activity] – Launches specific games, TV shows, apps, notifications and sections of the dash. This is a hugely important command, you’ll use it a lot
Xbox show menu – In full screen: shows menu for whatever is on the screen. At Home: shows menu for whatever is in the current window
Xbox go back – Returns to previous screen or menu option
Game Commands
Xbox record that – Records the previous 30 seconds of gameplay, which is a great trick for catching those
Xbox start a party – Launches the Party app in Snap mode, although you can start the party at any time
Xbox use a code – Triggers Kinect code scanning for QR codes for game downloads, etc
Xbox pause/Xbox play – Pauses gameplay or resumes gameplay, meaning no more scrabbling for buttons when the phone rings
Music & Videos
Xbox play [music/video] – Launches video and music playback
Xbox play/stop/pause/fast forward/rewind/faster/slower/skip forward/skip backward/next song/previous song – Controls for media playback, works on both music and video
Skype
Xbox Skype [fusion_person] or Xbox call [fusion_person] – Launches Skype call to a person from your Skype favourites list on your Xbox One
Xbox answer/answer without video – Answers incoming Skype call
Xbox hang up – Ends Skype call
Xbox send message – Sends message to your Xbox Live friends
Browse & Search
Xbox Bing pause [item(s)] – Launches Bing, then searches for the game, movie, TV show, game add-on or app using conversational voice. We’ve found it to be a bit hit and miss
Xbox browse to [website] – Browses to a specific website when already in Internet Explorer
Scroll up/Scroll down – scrolls the page up or down
Click on [link] – clicks a link on the webpage
If you get stuck…
Just say…
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