How to control your Xbox Series X/S or Xbox One with Google Assistant voice commands

(Pocket-lint) - You mightiness not cognize it, but Google Assistant works truly nicely with the Xbox Series X, S and Xbox One.

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Similar to the Amazon Alexa integration, Microsoft allows you to power your Xbox with Google Assistant dependable commands, whether that beryllium for launching games and apps, turning the console connected and off, oregon pausing videos.

Here's however the integration works.

How to acceptable up Google Assistant connected Xbox Series X and S oregon Xbox One

You request to usage the Google Home app for iOS and Android, oregon a Google Assistant-enabled instrumentality similar Google Home, to voice-control an Xbox. Google Assistant doesn't locally tally connected the Xbox, truthful it tin lone person commands from different apps/devices moving Google Assistant.

The steps you request to travel connected your console are beneath (some of which whitethorn already beryllium done for you):

• Set your powerfulness mode to instant-on:
• Press the Xbox fastener to unfastened the guide.
• Select Profile & strategy > Settings > General > Power mode & start-up.
• Select Instant-on from the Power mode drop-down menu.
• Enable integer assistants. Go to Profile & strategy > Settings > Devices & connections > Digital assistants, and past prime Enable integer assistants.
• Sign successful to your Xbox.

Now, determination implicit to your telephone and travel the adjacent steps:

• In the Google Home app for iOS oregon Android, pat 1 of "Add", "Set up device", "Have thing already acceptable up?", oregon Search for Xbox.
• Select Xbox and motion successful with the Microsoft relationship you usage connected Xbox.
• Follow the instructions to brace your Xbox with your Google Assistant instrumentality and supply your Xbox instrumentality name.

How to usage Google Assistant connected Xbox consoles

Once you're each acceptable up, effort utilizing the pursuing dependable commands:

• Hey Google, play Gears 5 connected Xbox.
• Hey Google, crook connected Xbox.
• Hey Google, crook disconnected Xbox.
• Hey Google, motorboat YouTube connected Xbox.
• Hey Google, intermission connected Xbox.
• Hey Google, resume connected Xbox.
• Hey Google, measurement up connected Xbox.
• Hey Google, instrumentality a screenshot connected Xbox.

It's that casual - you're present each acceptable up with Google Assistant connected your Xbox, truthful it's up to you to spot however overmuch usage you get retired of it!

Writing by Maggie Tillman. Editing by Max Freeman-Mills. Originally published connected 26 September 2019.