Xbox voice commands for live tv not registering

Sorry to read you're having problems with your XBOX One. Have you tried unplugging your Kinect from the XBOX and restarting it? After that I'd recalibrate the Kinect making sure your volume on your television is set to a much higher volume than you normally
have it adjusted to while viewing it. Please let us know if that helps and good luck.

Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out! I'm sorry to hear about the issue with Cortana and programming the remote. I recommend the following troubleshooting resource articles:

• Cortana voice commands on Xbox One
• Use voice commands to control TV on Xbox One S or original Xbox One
• Examples of Cortana voice commands on Xbox One
• Xbox One Media Remote

Try these articles and let us know the results. Hope it helps.

Thanks for the reply, but none of these are the issue (and I've tested in a multitude of circumstances). Since this is dealing with the "xbox on" command, the TV speakers are *not* on. Also, when the system is on, it recognizes my voice commands just fine
from the same location (now the TV speakers are on).

This seems very clearly to be a software issue as the voice commands work decently when the xbox is on.

I just tested it; none of the voice commands that Aaron Paul gave in the commerical (Xbox On, Xbox go to Titanfall, Xbox Record That, & Xbox Go To Skype set off anything on my TV or my Xbox One). I even turned up the volume and nothing happened. This makes
it harder for me to believe that this is happening to people, and even if it is, it's really not that big of a deal - if you're not watching TV through your console to begin with (which you probably should, if able), then it doesn't really interrupt your TV-watching
experience because even when the console turns on, it shouldn't switch your source or input. In fact, if you have your console setup so you can use voice commands to turn it off, having it on can actually make turning your TV off later easier.

One solution that I use to prevent things like this from happening is to have all of my TV's audio come through the headphones - that way, it's impossible for the Kinect sensor to register any voice commands from my TV (and for the record, I accounted for
this in my test above). In fact, it's great because it actually makes it easier to use voice commands because there's no constant background interference from the TV itself AND I don't disturb my family with my excessive TV-watching and video-game playing.
You should try it!

I totally agree with Holtzcore. It would be great to just turn on your Xbox one and it goes straight to live TV or whatever you choose. I love the voice commands but my wife doesn’t want to use voice commands or another remote just to watch live TV. She
was annoyed the first day with having to do two steps in order to watch TV. The Xbox is in the living room so I had to plug the cable HDMI back into the TV which takes away from the great features that lead me to buy the Xbox one. It would be a great feature
to have the option to choose what comes on your screen when the Xbox is turn on.