“Alexa, download Halo from Xbox Game Pass.” This is how you will be able to ask Amazon’s voice assistant to download new games from Microsoft‘s subscription games service. A new feature that proves that Alexa has come to Xbox to stay.
Ask Alexa to download games from Xbox Game Pass
Microsoft has long since threw in the towel with Cortana, its own voice assistant. Since then we have been seeing how the Amazon assistant was gaining ground on Xbox. The first thing we saw was the arrival of a new skill that allowed us to do cool things like using Alexa to turn on the Xbox. In addition to other actions such as raising or lowering the volume, etc.
Later a new application was launched, Alexa for Xbox, which although it is still only available in the United States, it is expected that it will not take long to reach other countries. Because it enriches the experience of using this assistant on the Redmond consoles.
Well, now comes a new functionality for which the use of any additional skills is not required. We refer to the one that will allow you to ask Alexa to download games from Xbox Game Pass. And we say allow because at the moment it is a function that is only available to users who live in the United States, although we hope that it will not take long to reach the rest of the countries where the assistant is also present.
How does this work? Well, very simple, you just have to ask them through the command “Alexa, download (name of the game) from Xbox Game Pass”. As soon as you do, the title you have indicated will begin to download, without having to touch the console. Which may seem a bit lazy, but don’t say it’s not great to be able to do it while doing other tasks. Or you are simply working and you are not going to stop, take the controller, access Xbox Game Pass, find the game and click to download.
Alexa for Xbox and the Xbox Skill
As we have said, the Alexa application for Xbox is only available for now in the Xbox application store for the United States. If you access from this link ( Alexa for Xbox ) you will see that it can be downloaded for free. However, when you do it in the Spanish store the message is clear: for now it is not available.
What you can already install and we recommend that you do so if, in addition, you are an Alexa user, is the Xbox Skill. For this and as with any other skill of the Amazon assistant, all you have to do is the following:
- Open the Alexa app on your smartphone
- Go to the skills section and click More
- Search for the Xbox skill and then click on install
- Now you just have to tap on Configure and follow the steps that are indicated
- When you have signed in with your Microsoft account and given permission, you will be able to use the wizard with your console
So now you know, stay tuned because as soon as this function is activated in your country you can enjoy another way to download and install those next games that you are interested in playing. Although you can ask Alexa for many more things.