I love this time of year! There is nothing like March Madness and rooting for my alma mater when they make it to the big dance. This year I am lucky because my team, Seton Hall Pirates, made it to the NCAA Tournament and can't wait to watch them. And with the help of Xfinity, I can now use voice commands to help me keep track of my team as well as all these nail-biting buzzer beaters.

Thanks to Xfinity engineers, subscribers will be able to use voice commands to tune into 67 college basketball games packed with a whole lot of cheering, buzzer beating three-pointers, surprising upsets, and inevitable triumphs. These new voice commands work with the X1 Voice Remote and are the largest number of smart home voice commands ever created by Xfinity for a single sporting event!

What You Need:

First, you'll need to have the Xfinity X1 Voice Remote and either the xFi Internet or Xfinity Home service. Second, you'll need color emitting lightbulbs, from either LIFX or Philips Hue, which you connect to your home network with either the xFi or Xfinity Home mobile app. Bulbs can be purchased online for under $50 each. Once you pair the bulbs with Xfinity Home or Xfinity xFi, you'll be ready to light up your living room with your favorite team's color(s) in true superfan fashion.

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Time to Light it Up!

Next, grab your X1 Voice Remote and say, "Xfinity Home + Go + (your favorite team's name)." For example, say, "Xfinity Home, Go Villanova," and you'll see your connected lightbulbs automatically turn blue and light blue. Say, "Xfinity Home, Go Iowa State," and the lights will turn red and gold. Don't worry, no matter which team you're rooting for in the tournament, our engineers have got you covered. In fact, they programmed all 68 teams into the experience! See the full list below.

In addition, X1 customers can use their X1 Voice Remote to access all the action and more using these commands:

Say "College basketball bracket" to access a full screen takeover of regional or full tournament standings.

Say "College basketball" to go to the tournament destination in the X1 Sports Guide, a comprehensive destination for all related programming, news, highlights, events and more.

Say "Minnesota Golden Gophers" vs. "Louisville Cardinals" for game summaries or how teams facing off stack up against one another.

Here is the full list of teams and their colors:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Team	Color 1	Color 2
Abilene Christian	purple
Arizona State	maroon	gold
Auburn	navy blue	burnt orange
Baylor	green	gold
Belmont	navy	red
Bradley	red
Buffalo	blue
Cincinnati	red
Colgate	maroon
Duke	blue
Fairleigh Dickson	blue	red
Florida	blue	orange
Florida State	red (garnet)	gold
Gardner-Webb	red (scarlet)
Georgia State	blue	red
Gonzaga	blue (navy)	red
Houston	red (scarlet)
Iona	maroon	gold
Iowa	gold
Iowa State	red (cardinal)	gold
Kansas	blue	crimson
Kansas State	royal purple
Kentucky	blue
Liberty	red	blue
Louisville	red	yellow
LSU	purple	gold
Marquette	blue	gold
Maryland	red	gold
Michigan	blue	gold (maize)
Michigan State	green
Minnesota	maroon	gold
Mississippi	red (Cardinal)
Mississippi State	maroon
Montana	maroon
Murray State	gold	blue (navy)
NC Central	maroon
Nevada	blue (navy)
New Mexico State	crimson
North Carolina	light blue (Carolina)	blue
North Dakota State	green	yellow
Northeastern	red
Northern Kentucky	gold
Ohio State	scarlet
Oklahoma	crimson
Old Dominion	(slate) blue	light blue
Oregon	green	yellow
Prairie View A&M	purple	gold
Purdue	(old) gold
Saint John's	red	blue
Saint Louis	blue
Saint Mary's	red	navy
Seton Hall	blue
Syracuse	orange
Temple	red (cherry)
Tennessee	orange
Texas Tech	red (scarlet)
UC Irvine	blue	gold
UCF	gold
Utah State	navy blue
VCU	gold
Vermont	green	gold
Villanova	navy	blue
Virginia	blue	orange
Virginia Tech	maroon	orange
Washington	purple	gold
Wisconsin	red (Cardinal)
Wofford	gold
Yale	blue

 

If you are a Xfinity subscriber, make sure you check out all the voice commands, especially if your team is playing. If you have smart home devices like smart lights, you should connect them to your Xfinity platform if you haven't already done so. It will add to your March Madness experience, especially if your team is playing. If not, you can easily buy them through Xfinity store and set them up prior to game time. It's easy and takes only seconds to do. We wish your team luck and hope you have fun with these new voice commands from Xfinity. it's a new and fun way to experience one of the best and largest sporting events of the year right in your own home.

Check out The GearBrain, our smart home compatibility checker to see the other compatible products that works with Comcast's Xfinity Home X1 Platform.