When I turn my controller on, how is that my Xbox can turn on?
And why is it that I can’t remotely turn it on through the Xbox app when its power mode is set to shutdown?
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Your Xbox isn’t truly ‘Off’ unless you’ve unplugged it or turned it off at the wall.
It’d be more accurate to say it’s in ‘Standby’. It’s in a dormant low-power state, but as long as it has power there’s a circuit in there that’s constantly running waiting to detect the power-on signal from the controller. When it detects that, it sends a signal to the Xbox to power on.
If your Xbox was truly ‘off’ that wouldn’t work as the circuit that detects the power on signal from the controller would be offline, and thus unable to detect the signal from the controller. This principal applies to anything that can be powered on remotely – TV’s Smart lights, Sensor activated doors, if it’s awaiting a signal to turn on it’s never truly ‘off’ until the power to it is cut.
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