If you’re a user of smart assistants around your home for making day-to-day life a little more convenient, you might be wanting to bring your console into the fold — which you can, due to the Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One being smart devices. The consoles are compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant — sorry Cortana, but you are the weakest link — to open up a new way of communicating with your console using the power of your voice.
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Setup
The first step in connecting your Xbox console to your Amazon Alexa device is to set your console to Instant-on. To start, open up the Guide and head across to the right so you’re on the Profile and system tab. Travel down to Settings and then into General to locate the Power mode & start-up menu, which will then allow you to open up the Power Mode drop-down menu to select Instant-on. Once you’ve set your console to…
