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14th Jun 2014

Thousands of Xbox One users blame Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul for turning on their console without their permission

Stick to your own Xbox One… bitch.

Conor Heneghan

Stick to your own Xbox One… bitch.

There are way more benefits than there are drawbacks to voice recognition technology, but plenty of Xbox One users discovered one of the downsides in recent days. And it was all Aaron Paul’s fault.

The Breaking Bad actor is the star of a new Xbox One ad showing off how gamers can control the console with various commands without having to get up off their arses, but it seems as if he inadvertently controlled the consoles of the many Xbox One owners who happened to come across the ad on television in recent days.

Essentially, when he says ‘Xbox On’, it’s not just his own console that responds.

Our own Dara O’Briain was one of a number of users affected…

 

 

Apparently, Paul’s powers become useless once Xbox One owners disable the Kinect sensor, so bear that in mind next time you don’t want your console turned on by accident, yo.