Joe Hindy/ Android Authority
TL; DR
- Microsoft has actually revealed that you can now control your Xbox through the Google Home app.
- The Google Home app will certainly provide touch controls for navigating, media controls, and also extra.
You’ve had the ability to control your Xbox console with Google Assistant for a number of years now, yet suppose you do not wish to utilize your voice or the gamepad?
Well, Microsoft has revealed that the February 2023 Xbox upgrade allows you control your video gaming console through the Google Home app on your smart device.
The combination implies you can usage the Google Home app as a touch remote for the Xbox, transforming the console on and also off, utilizing directional tricks, accessing media controls (e.g. pause/play, quantity changes), and also recording video game clips.
The attribute evokes the touch manages seen in the Xbox and also SmartGlass applications. But this comes in handy if you do not wish to download and install yet an additional app and also remain in the Google wise ecological community currently. We’re additionally grateful to see this choice concerning Xbox gaming consoles as even more input techniques are constantly invited for ease of access factors also.
In any type of occasion, those intending to make the most of Google Home touch controls will certainly require to upgrade their Xbox to the February upgrade. This upgrade additionally brings carbon-aware downloads and also updates, with gaming consoles having the ability to set up downloads sometimes that lead to reduced carbon exhausts.