RIP Kinect: 2010-2017(ish)

Discontinued USB adapter is the last nail in the coffin for influential tech.

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[xpxp2002]

Worst part is that they neutered the OneGuide voice controls in the last update to the point that it’s virtually useless now, for no particular reason at all.

I rarely game nowadays but used to control my STB with Kinect voice commands every day. Now it only controls power and volume. You can tune to a specific channel, but it misheard the likes of CBS, TBS, and PBS half the time. That functionality is still present, though. But the cool voice-navigated TV guide is outright gone.

After they did that, I vowed to never buy another Xbox or Xbox game again. Microsoft deliberately broke working functionality that I paid good money for on launch day for no reason. I want my money back.

 

[xpxp2002]

Worst part is that they neutered the OneGuide voice controls in the last update to the point that it’s virtually useless now, for no particular reason at all.

I rarely game nowadays but used to control my STB with Kinect voice commands every day. Now it only controls power and volume. You can tune to a specific channel, but it misheard the likes of CBS, TBS, and PBS half the time. That functionality is still present, though. But the cool voice-navigated TV guide is outright gone.

After they did that, I vowed to never buy another Xbox or Xbox game again. Microsoft deliberately broke working functionality that I paid good money for on launch day for no reason. I want my money back.

Try re-configuring. Mine still works fine even on XBX.

You can navigate the OneGuide? There are other people who reported it being gone after the update. You can open OneGuide still, but page up/down, what’s on channel, etc are all gone.

https://twitter.com/heyyjonny/status/921169999586254848
https://twitter.com/trusttee/status/83063635946340352