Amazon is launching a new Alexa app for Xbox consoles this week. Although you’ve been able to control Alexa from an Xbox for a few years, this dedicated app will provide access to more visual parts of Amazon’s digital assistant. This includes seeing the doorbell camera, reading e-mails, checking the calendar and even seeing the weather forecasts.
Essentially, it turns your Xbox into an experience similar to the Echo Show for Alexa. All of the usual Xbox controls are still supported with this new app, including the ability to connect an Xbox console using a compatible Alexa device.
Amazon is gradually rolling out this new Alexa app for Xbox over the next few days, and it will be available on all Xbox One and Xbox Series X / S consoles. You should be able to download the Alexa app from the Microsoft Store now, but we’re trying to get it to work with some Xbox consoles and it still doesn’t seem to be fully active.
Here are some of the new commands available with the visual version of Alexa on the Xbox:
- Alexa, play
on Xbox - Alexa, show me the front door camera
- Alexa, show me my email
- Alexa, show me my calendar
- Alexa, show me the time