The Xbox One will reportedly soon support Alexa and Google Assistant

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Chazore said:

KBG29 said:
I hope this is true. Xbox is becoming Microsofts in house PC brand more and more everyday, and I love it. Hopefully they eventually allow Steam, Origins, Uplay, and such as well. This is a great direction for Xbox that gives it its own identity in the console space. Ever since they upgraded the browser and data managment a few weeks ago, I have been using my XOX a lot more. If they do indeed go through with this, I will likely gravitate even more to the system. I will never buy a digital assistant speaker, but as part of a great product I already own like XOX, I am all about getting the most from it.

 

Considering Win 10 is MS's PC brand OS, and how they've been trying to merge both Xbox and Win 10 together, it's not really the other way around.

I don't see Xbox One let alone next gen magically allowing all the PC based clients onto their system and suddenly being able to play PC client based games on the system either. 

 

It's not really giving it much of an identity, since PC has access to all the other clients within the PC space. Windows xp-10 has access to all the clients.

Windows is their OS brand, Surface is the their in house Tablet and Laptop Brand, and now it looks like Xbox is turing into their in house PC brand.

It is a long shot, but I think that Microsoft will reach a point where they flat out allow users to have full windows on their Xbox. I believe they will be sold with a closed garden version of the OS, and then the user will have the option to unlock full Windows if they choose. Personally I would just stick with the closed garden version, and only get apps from Windows/Xbox Store, but I know that there are folks that prefer access to Origins, Steam, Uplay, and such, and I think MS is going to open up to them.

It puts Xbox in a very unqiue position in the Console space, and that is what they need. Sure it is no different that a PC that is shrunk down to Console size, but as the past has shown, people don't want a PC under their TV. Even though Xbox in this case would just be a PC, being marketed as a console/Streamer/Smart Box for the TV, they could finally break through that metal barrier with consumers.