The Xbox One can talk to you, will feature remote play | Polygon

The Xbox One's heavy reliance on the Kinect for voice commands will eventually include two-way conversations, according to a source who has tested out the still in-development feature.

In one scenario, Kinect used its facial recognition to scan a room full of people and note if there is someone in the room it doesn't recognize. It then tells the console owner that there is someone in the room it doesn't recognize and asks the new person to identify themselves. Once the person says their name, Kinect will welcome them and save their information to the console.

Xbox One's ability to speak will allow it to function more like the iPhone's Siri, according to Microsoft officials who presented the feature. The voice may not be available at the console's launch, but if it isn't it will be added in a post launch patch within the first few months.

The Xbox One will also feature the ability to Skype a friend to ask them for help on a game and then allow them to take over gameplay. The feature is designed to allow players to help one another get through sections of a game when they're stuck.

In a demonstration of the feature, a source told us that a message popped up on their screen asking if it was OK if the player they were Skyping with could take over the game. Once the friend took over, the first player was able to watch them play the game. Either player could end the remote play with a button push.

While the feature is already fully functional, the details of its use aren't completely locked in yet. It's not clear, for instance, how long a person can remotely play or if they need to also own the game they are helping their friend play through.

While the demonstration our source saw used a local hardwired connection between consoles, Microsoft officials say they aren't worried about latency issues. It is also unclear what technology will be used to power the remote play.
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We've reached out to Microsoft for comment on these two unannounced Xbox One features and will update the story when they respond.