I have kinect but its unplugged.. Its real purpose is to identify and monitor people... When i plug in a mic into the controller cortana pops up and im not interested in talking to it. When i turn controller off and plug in headset i can hear it power up. I am sure it does this as i do this with battery removed it makes no noise...

​Actually?! Should have stood there and ordered via click n collect then asked them to collect your order haha

Yes. And you can make substitutions, change tactics, go to attacking etc with your voice.

Tweet them. Often that is quicker these days!

Depends how high you place it and how big your room is :wink:

Pretty low considering end of life to probably one of the main reasons to buy kinect:
http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/27/12044116/microsoft-xbox-fitness-shutdown

The next version of console, Xbox S, doesn't even have kinect port. To me - this is a shame, because I see how much enjoyment it brings, especially to little ones (not the fitness app, but Dance Something)

I thought it was free from MS with the 2 serial numbers!

Yes register your console to Microsoft and if you have gone from an old Xbox to and S you can get the adapter for free

If youre too lazy to pick up the controller and shout at the kinnect then yes.
Also if you use skype video calling alot then sure

For anything else? No

I use it to sign in to my console, navigating to games/apps, controlling playing media and recording snapshots of gameplay.

Typically when I turn on my console, I'll use my voice to sign in and then go to Battlefield 4 whilst I'm walking towards the drawer that I store my controller in. So once Battlefield 4 has loaded I have controller in hand and turned on.
When I'm watching All4 or something from my HDD, I'll use my voice to navigate the menus and then use the play and pause commands so I don't even need to turn the controller on!

If it works with VR then yes.

Yes I can comfirm this :smiley:

Off the top of my head, Kinect Sport Rivals, Dance Central and Skype.

There's a fair number of your typical sports/dance games like you would get on the Wii, though inevitably the hardware here is much more advanced. The only game I have is FRU which I highly recommend!

As far as I know 360 kinect games aren't compatible.


Not true. FRU is great, and I'm sure the dance games are good for kids or parties.


Depends what you're likely to use it for. Here's what I find most useful, in descending order of usefulness:
. Voice commands to turn the console on/off, switch apps, pause/play TV and Netflix (incredibly convenient)
. IR receiver/blaster, allows you to control your TV and Sky box using voice, Xbox remote or controller (this is built into the newer One S)
. Playing games
. Video calling on Skype


You can turn off Cortana and just use "Xbox". Although I believe the latest update has fixed Cortana so it won't go to the internet for your local commands. "Xbox" is quicker to say so I'm sticking with that anyway.

yes it will

​currently 15

If not, walk into store, use Game wallet credit to buy a gift card, redeem gift card online to order that way. I did that a long time ago with all my trade in credit as couldn't at that time use it to buy off their website.

Given that they took the port out of the Xbox One S, I think we can safely say they are not pushing it or investing substantially in it any more, we may as well say they have dropped support. I would guess if it hasn't already, it will also be going out of production shortly, but there is probably still plenty of new stock somewhere so prices are unlikely to suddenly go up any time soon, but they could still go up a bit to £25-£30 easily.

You need an old (fat) Xbox One serial number to get the free adapter, otherwise it will cost. Pop into your local supermarket and see if you can take a pic of a display models serial :smiley: