Xbox360 Netflix has been updated for Kinect Control, “Xbox Play”
If you use your Xbox360 to play Netflix, there should be an update now that enables Kinect for hand controls and voice controls. You are able to talk to you Xbox like my son loves to do while watching a movie on the Xbox because he is hungry or thirsty. You can navigate Netflix like the Zune Marketplace. Hopefully Hulu is just around the corner too.
Today we released an update to the Netflix experience on Xbox 360. The next time you start up Netflix, you’ll be prompted to accept the update which introduces Kinect support for Netflix.
That means controller-free navigation of thousands of movies and TV show, allowing you to use just the sound of your voice or wave of your hand to control your favorite Netflix content.
You’ll be able to select movies and TV shows recommended for you by Netflix, as well as play, pause, fast forward and rewind using gesture or voice. Kinect support for Netflix on Xbox LIVE will also feature an exclusive new recommendation channel that is controller-free and uses a smart engine to suggest movies or TV shows based on your viewing habits and instant queue.Try it out and let me know what you think.
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You are forgiven…
You are forgiven…
Well this was a welcome
Well this was a welcome surprise to my already planned Netflix watching tonight.
“XBOX, PAUSE!” 🙂
So I updated mine last night.
So I updated mine last night. The hand controls are bad, but the voice is great.
With the hand controls you don’t get many menu options.
They have some work to do…but I have it on good authority that this is just the start of the Netflix update with more stuff coming for xbox coming..
Just got this the other night
Just got this the other night as well. Handsfree playback control are very slick, though media selection still needs some work (but isn’t too bad with voice control).
Though, and let me emphasise that I don’t have this on good authroity, this update seems a little half baked. Even the picture in the Kinect Hub seemed unfinished (doesn’t pop the text like other items). I wonder if MS had to crank out an update to support Netflix’s new TV show organization and while they were at it they decided to drop in the one or two kinect features they already had finished.
Also, funny story, I was sitting at the Netflix Kinect screen and I yelled at the screen “Xbox, i’m bored!” and all of the sudden it started to play “Hot Tub Time Machine”. I eventually figured out it had heard “Xbox, Video Four”, but at the time it felt very magical.
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Also, funny story, I was sitting at the Netflix Kinect screen and I yelled at the screen “Xbox, i’m bored!” and all of the sudden it started to play “Hot Tub Time Machine”. I eventually figured out it had heard “Xbox, Video Four”, but at the time it felt very magical.
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We try that all the time at our house. “Xbox, play something better”, “Xbox, get me a drink” now that would be a cool feature.