Xbox One November Update Arrives With Google Assistant, Gamertag Updates, More

Microsoft's November 2019 update for Xbox One consoles is now headed out to everyone. From a report: After a period of testing with Xbox Insiders, several new features are now rolling out to the public, including Google Assistant support, the option to use any Gamertag, text filters, and more. Perhaps the biggest update here is support for Google Assistant. While it doesn't run on your Xbox, Google Assistant support allows you to issue commands to control your Xbox from your phone or smart speaker. It works much like the Amazon Echo integration that hit Xbox consoles several months ago, letting you turn your Xbox on, launch games, and more with your voice. The Gamertag updates in the November 2019 update bring more choice to players on consoles. Microsoft announced a plan earlier this year to revamp Gamertags, allowing you to choose any name you want. If you pick a Gamertag that's already taken, you'll have a numbered suffix added to it. "With the November 2019 Xbox Update, these gamertag options are now supported on console, including profiles, friend lists, messages, Clubs, LFG and more," Microsoft says.

Re: Witness Tampering is a Crime

[Way Smarter Than You]

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Why do I need Google Assistant on my Xbox?

[Way Smarter Than You]

So in exchange for Google spying on me in my living room even when I'm not playing a game, I get to tell me Xbox "start game XYZ" instead of hitting a few buttons.... there are times and places where exchanging privacy for some other good or service is a fair trade. This is not one of those times,

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[sirpwn4g3]

So don't use it then, it's very simple.

Re: Why do I need Google Assistant on my Xbox?

[Way Smarter Than You]

You mean give up my Xbox, chance to play newer Xbox games and have to switch to a ps5 while also keeping my Xbox around to play older games? Yeah, that's a great idea. So simply. Why did you bother replying?

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[sirpwn4g3]

Who asked you to give up your Xbox? I just said don't use Google with it, it's very simple. So... why did YOU bother replying?

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[tlhIngan]

So in exchange for Google spying on me in my living room even when I'm not playing a game, I get to tell me Xbox "start game XYZ" instead of hitting a few buttons.... there are times and places where exchanging privacy for some other good or service is a fair trade. This is not one of those times,

It doesn't run on the Xbox. It's more that it's supported by the Xbox. So you can say "Hey Google, play Stranger Things on my Xbox" and the Xbox will turn on, the TV will turn on, the Xbox will load the Netflix app

Re: Why do I need Google Assistant on my Xbox?

[Way Smarter Than You]

Ah ok, thank you. I misunderstood how it works. Your reply was very helpful and informative. Unlike the other genius reply I got above.

Assistant overload.

[RightSaidFred99]

We've reached peak digital assistant. If I'm in my front room and I say "Hey Google" or "Alexa", my Echo, my Google home mini, my xbox, my headphones, my phone, my kids' phones, my wife's phone, and probably 5 other devices will answer back in very poor harmony. It will sound like one of those effects they use in horror shows when a chorus of demons is talking.

My Xbox is not connected to the Internet...

[ffkom]

... and will stay that way. It is a toy, and as such neither needs nor deserves any facility to communicate to the outside. If games weren't playable offline from disks, I would not have bought this toy.