Xbox Series X absolutely doesn’t work with Alexa

Michael D Ancona · Feb 9, 2024

I have all the proper settings changed, I had an Xbox one up until about November of 2023, and ALWAYS used my Alexa to turn on, adjust volume, launch specific apps or games, and when I upgraded to the Series X, all of that stopped working.

The TV no longer turns on automatically when my Xbox turns on…

The Xbox can no longer control my TV volume, not even through the Xbox remote app on my phone. A big downside to the “upgrade”

and Alexa won’t turn the console on, so remote play is unavailable to me.

I removed my Xbox console from my Alexa app, and then while the power to my console was off, I used my home WiFi network to search for new devices to link to Alexa. The Xbox popped up almost instantly, so I reconnected it to the app, pressed the “power on” button on the app and it says “server is unresponsive”

In the past. I’ve been on lunch break at work and tried remote play using a Backbone device, and when I had the Xbox One, it worked probably 6/10 times. but now with the series X, I’ve never had it work when I was away from home. Not a single time.

I looked into Network type and see that my NAT type is almost always on open or moderate, but when I run the test for remote play capability, the Xbox says I should have a good experience.

When it works. It’s good, but truly, it worked way better when I had the Xbox One. I’ve seen Reddit posts claiming that the series x doesn’t support the same features the Xbox one did because those features are “outdated” so maybe it’s my modem, or my TV, or my echo 3 device that is now a model or two older. Im not sure, but with the lack of success, I’m hesitant to spend more money for it to continue not working.

I am absolutely at a loss. I truly had a better experience playing on my Xbox One. Especially with Cloud gaming and remote play. The series X seems like a downgrade in many ways. The key one being that it no longer supports volume or Tv controls via HDMI.

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SwordofWhedon

You need to turn on HDMI-CEC to control the TV through the Xbox

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-network/display-sound/hdmi-cec

I have a lot of things on my personal echo that constantly refuse to work. My guess would be that the problem is more likely with Amazon Web services than anything else

You should also make sure that all of the Xbox ports are open on your router

if you're unsure how to do this, please consult your manual or your Internet service provider if you got it from them

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-network/connect-network/network-ports-used-xbox-live

LFC JAY E 9193

I'm liking the Xbox series X design.

Looks like a father to the Alexa device 😂

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It didn’t work and I also have a Xbox series x trying to use the bo2 game chat and doesn’t work with my A20 headset

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It’s every Xbox 360 I tried for black ops 1 and game chat doesn’t work too on my Xbox series x

WonkCQC

I did all the above and it still doesn’t work, the DVD works in my old Xbox one with the same controller I’m using for my series X.

Xbox Series X absolutely doesn’t work with Alexa