Xbox One: 12 Cool Tips, Tricks & Secrets You Must Try

Microsoft's living room-slaying behemoth may not be the voice-activated powerhouse it was first purported to be, but that hasn't stopped thousands of fans snatching up the new hardware regardless. What they found underneath all the bells and whistles is a very solid machine, complete with a slew of brilliant iterations on both the original Xbox and the 360's tech when it comes to usability. As any who have waded through the miasma of bad press surrounding the Xbox One can attest, its former public perception is nowhere near representative of its prowess as a real contender for the best on the market right now. And although it took getting rid of the Kinect as a packaged extra for the majority to see that, there's a slew of awesome features present that would turn heads either way. The whole "Here you go, you guys figure it out!" nature of the PR push that's emerged alongside both the Xbox One and PS4's has provided many rewarding moments as fans discover features that haven't seen much coverage, but considering the amount of insanely cool things the PS4 is capable of that hardly anyone knows about - the same is also true for Microsoft's latest. So, for a spot of fun like in the other console list, give yourself a starting score of zero and add a point every time you already knew something - let's see who out there knows Microsoft's hardware about as well as the guys who designed it.