{"id":24836,"date":"2014-06-14T06:56:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T06:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=24836"},"modified":"2014-06-14T06:56:56","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T06:56:56","slug":"e3-xbox-one-ad-is-switching-on-microsoft-consoles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/e3-xbox-one-ad-is-switching-on-microsoft-consoles\/","title":{"rendered":"E3: Xbox One ad is switching on Microsoft consoles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xbox One owners are complaining that a new TV advert is switching their consoles on without their permission.<\/p>\n

The ad – featuring Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul –\u00a0has the actor say<\/a>\u00a0“Xbox On” near its start.<\/p>\n

The instruction appears to trigger the machine’s Kinect voice\/motion sensor, activating the console.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the firm said it had no comment at this time, but noted that previous ads had also featured voice commands.<\/p>\n

Many people have posted comments about the problem on social media sites.<\/p>\n

“Aaron Paul just turned my Xbox One via the Xbox advert. (Which triggered the IR [infrared] blaster to switch my TV off..)”\u00a0tweeted Qassim Farid, a UK-based tech blogger<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chesterfield-based\u00a0Tom Neal<\/a>\u00a0wrote: “@Xbox your new TV advert is annoying the hell outta me. Aaron Paul keeps turning my console on\u2026 #stooooop”<\/p>\n

The effect has also been noted on news discussion site Reddit’s Xbox section,\u00a0with one commentator writing<\/a>: “Damn commercial keeps turning on my xbox! Lol”<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The post reflects the attitude of many console owners who have posted about the matter who appear more bemused than angered by the glitch.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time such an effect has been reported.<\/p>\n

In November Xbox One owner Tom Kimberl posted\u00a0a video to YouTube<\/a>showing that an internet ad that featured the command “Xbox go to Dead Rising 3” launched the game on his system.<\/p>\n

Users affected by the issue do have the ability\u00a0to turn off the Kinect sensor<\/a>, which prevents the console responding to voice commands.<\/p>\n

The issue has parallels with an effect played for laughs in the TV series 30 Rock where a voice-controlled television went haywire when\u00a0on-screen characters mentioned its trigger words<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unbundled Kinect<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"_75494497_ed676842-73ff-42e0-807f-8092ef07be6e\"<\/a>The problem has arisen in the same week that Microsoft began selling a cheaper version of the Xbox One without the Kinect.<\/p>\n

It said it made the move – timed to coincide with the E3 video games expo – following feedback from gamers who did not want to pay extra for the accessory.<\/p>\n

The decision allows the machine to retail at the same price as Sony’s PlayStation 4.<\/p>\n

Microsoft’s press event at the Los Angeles show was notable for hardly featuring the Kinect.<\/p>\n

Only a dancing game, a Disney motion-controlled music rhythm title, and an indie game called Fru – which allows players to control a character by making body shapes – appeared to take advantage of the feature.<\/p>\n

However, Microsoft did announce outside the show that a software update would soon allow developers access to\u00a0more graphics power<\/a>\u00a0when the Kinect was not in use. This may help address complaints that several cross-platform games offer higher resolutions and frame rates on the PS4 than their Xbox equivalents.<\/p>\n

However, the new ad signals that the US firm intends to keep promoting the Kinect as a feature that distinguishes its machine from its Japanese rival’s, even if the price quoted at its end is for the standalone machine.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Xbox One owners are complaining that a new TV advert is switching their consoles on without their permission. The ad – featuring Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul –\u00a0has the actor say\u00a0“Xbox On” near its start. The instruction appears to trigger the machine’s Kinect voice\/motion sensor, activating the console. A spokesman for the firm said it had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[1401,902,18],"yoast_head":"\nE3: Xbox One ad is switching on Microsoft consoles - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/e3-xbox-one-ad-is-switching-on-microsoft-consoles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"E3: Xbox One ad is switching on Microsoft consoles - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Xbox One owners are complaining that a new TV advert is switching their consoles on without their permission. The ad – featuring Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul –\u00a0has the actor say\u00a0“Xbox On” near its start. The instruction appears to trigger the machine’s Kinect voice\/motion sensor, activating the console. A spokesman for the firm said it had […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/e3-xbox-one-ad-is-switching-on-microsoft-consoles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-06-14T06:56:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/75494941_77cb9ae2-6be5-4281-9c5a-bec706049856.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jonas Nyabor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jonas Nyabor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/e3-xbox-one-ad-is-switching-on-microsoft-consoles\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/e3-xbox-one-ad-is-switching-on-microsoft-consoles\/\",\"name\":\"E3: Xbox One ad is switching on Microsoft consoles - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-06-14T06:56:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-06-14T06:56:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/476b2fb2e9233445afbfa2662d85fe6b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/e3-xbox-one-ad-is-switching-on-microsoft-consoles\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/e3-xbox-one-ad-is-switching-on-microsoft-consoles\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/e3-xbox-one-ad-is-switching-on-microsoft-consoles\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"E3: Xbox One ad is switching on Microsoft consoles\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/476b2fb2e9233445afbfa2662d85fe6b\",\"name\":\"Jonas Nyabor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b74e004fce505330b7ba17aeaae177b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b74e004fce505330b7ba17aeaae177b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jonas Nyabor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/jonas\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"E3: Xbox One ad is switching on Microsoft consoles - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/e3-xbox-one-ad-is-switching-on-microsoft-consoles\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"E3: Xbox One ad is switching on Microsoft consoles - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"Xbox One owners are complaining that a new TV advert is switching their consoles on without their permission. The ad – featuring Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul –\u00a0has the actor say\u00a0“Xbox On” near its start. The instruction appears to trigger the machine’s Kinect voice\/motion sensor, activating the console. A spokesman for the firm said it had […]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/e3-xbox-one-ad-is-switching-on-microsoft-consoles\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2014-06-14T06:56:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":512,"height":200,"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/75494941_77cb9ae2-6be5-4281-9c5a-bec706049856.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jonas Nyabor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jonas Nyabor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/e3-xbox-one-ad-is-switching-on-microsoft-consoles\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/e3-xbox-one-ad-is-switching-on-microsoft-consoles\/","name":"E3: Xbox One ad is switching on Microsoft consoles - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-06-14T06:56:56+00:00","dateModified":"2014-06-14T06:56:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/476b2fb2e9233445afbfa2662d85fe6b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/e3-xbox-one-ad-is-switching-on-microsoft-consoles\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/e3-xbox-one-ad-is-switching-on-microsoft-consoles\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/e3-xbox-one-ad-is-switching-on-microsoft-consoles\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"E3: Xbox One ad is switching on Microsoft consoles"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/476b2fb2e9233445afbfa2662d85fe6b","name":"Jonas Nyabor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b74e004fce505330b7ba17aeaae177b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b74e004fce505330b7ba17aeaae177b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jonas Nyabor"},"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/jonas\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24836"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}