There have been so many cool announcements so far in 2018 in relation to the gaming world in general. For those who currently own an Xbox One or plan on getting one in the near future you will be happy to know that Microsoft will now Alexa can used for this current generation game console. Alexa will allow people to control the device through voice in order to perform actions such as adjusting the volume, powering up the Xbox One, capture screenshots along with starting up video games.

Alexa will be an interesting new addition to Microsoft’s Xbox One and might contribute to playing a role in making the console more marketable since other systems such as the Nintendo Switch do not have this feature. Alexa in some ways compensated for Microsoft’s decision to discontinue the production of the Kinect device despite how successful it has been since 2010 reaching over 35 million in sales. It will be interesting to see whether or not the inclusion of Alexa will affect the sales of the Xbox One in anyway seeing how popular Amazon’s virtual assistant device currently is.