Will you go Gaga for it?
"Xbox, party time!"
A big focus of Microsoft's E3 2011 press conference was a huge increase in voice commands for Xbox 360, particularly with the Bing slogan "you say it, Xbox finds it". Part of that new service is Xbox Music, launching this Fall.
Xbox Music will offer 11 million songs and use Kinect's voice commands to let you search the catalogue and find the track right for you. With that many songs on offer, the voice recognition had better be pretty good — nobody wants to find Justin Bieber when you asked for Bon Iver.
There's no word yet on pricing and release date for the service, but we'll bring you more when we get it.
User Comments
1. Acekidder
12 Jul 2011, 18:22 BST
sounds great i love barking orders at my xbox always makes me feel like i am in a sci-fi movie haha do you know if its a paid service ala zune or itunes or a nice free service like last fm???
2. James
12 Jul 2011, 18:57 BST
They haven't said yet, could go either way really. We'll keep our ears open!
3. userwords
13 Jul 2011, 01:21 BST
stop doing stupid hackings, I WANNA MORE GAMES and not kiddy games, CORE GAMES
4. dirtyvu
13 Jul 2011, 01:43 BST
this rumor was debunked. the writer misunderstood what Ballmer said. He meant to say that they are expanding the voice functionality to Zune music. so it's not a new service, just making the existing service better.