If you haven't heard, the Xbox One is always on.
People just have to say, "Xbox, on" and the system turns itself on.
That means that the system has to be listening all the time and the Kinect has to be connected in order for the system to work. It's easy to draw some parallels from other forms of media.
How all this will pan out has yet to be seen. Microsoft's Kinect is no longer just a sensor, soon it will be able to watch and listen to you. That's some creepy stuff.
In the meantime, we'll just make fun of it and wait to see what actually happens.
