Det lader nu til at Microsoft endnu engang har ændret mening og udsagn omkring XBOX One’s funktioner. Det er nu kommet frem i et interview med Microsoft, at Kinect ikke behøver være tilsluttet XBOX One for at konsollen fungerer. Dette strider imod de informationer der kom frem tilbage i maj måned hvor Microsoft udtalte at Kinect skulle være tilsluttet konsollen konstant for at konsollen fungerede. Det eneste man derved går glip af er Kinect-sensorens eksklusive funktioner.
”[...] The console will still function if Kinect isn’t plugged in, although you won’t be able to use any feature or experience that explicitly uses the sensor. […] You have the ability to completely turn the sensor off in your settings. When in this mode, the sensor is not collecting any information. Any functionality that relies on voice, video, gesture or more won’t work. We still support using it for IR blasting in this mode. You can turn the sensor back on at any time through settings, and if you enter into a required Kinect experience (like Kinect Sports Rivals for instance), you’ll get a message asking if you want to turn the sensor back on in order to continue." – Marc Whitten, Microsoft