My Xbox LIVE app for Android and iOS
Today the playing field got a little bit more crowded for Xbox LIVE mobile fans. Microsoft is showing love to its competitors and embracing the fact that their consumers have something other than a Windows Phone. You can download the free My Xbox LIVE app in the App Store or Google Play Store.
The free app update will let you find, learn more about, and control your favorite content from popular entertainment services on Xbox 360. You can control the content on your console with play, pause, fast forward and rewind controls directly from your iPhone. Yes, you heard me right. You can now control your Xbox from an iPhone via the Xbox Companion features.
The new Discover section will let you find fresh entertainment through your phone to play on your console. You can also access on your phone a quick list of your most recent console activity.
We’re also updating the My Xbox LIVE app on iPad, which allows you to connect to the Xbox LIVE community when you’re away from your Xbox. With today’s update, we have added retina display support, and improved authentication making connecting your iPad with your Xbox LIVE account easier than ever.
Also available for the first time on most Android phones, the free My Xbox LIVE app allows you to read and send messages to friends; manage your friends list and invite new friends; read and edit your full LIVE profile (name, bio, motto); change your avatar features and items with the avatar closet; and view and compare your achievement progress with friends.
What say you?
June 14th, 2012 at 9:29 am
This is a great app. I like it a lot
June 14th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
Just grabbed it for the Android and the app is pretty cool/fancy, hopefully they bring the companion features to this version soon. It’s nice to see them opening up to the other platforms, hopefully they do this with more of their services. Zune might be doing better right now if they made apps for other devices.
June 14th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Oh you fancy, huh
June 14th, 2012 at 12:50 pm
yeah i was hoping the companion features would make it to Android…but soon they will i’m sure.
June 14th, 2012 at 6:40 pm
just checked it out with my girlfriend’s iPhone. its cool but it would be better if you could control everything like the menu, power on/off, disk tray etc. also the app looks slick as shit on both iOS and Android.
June 15th, 2012 at 12:00 pm
So out of curiosity what is the selling point of the WP? Just wondering.
June 15th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
Achievements
June 17th, 2012 at 11:43 am
I had a play about with this today. Controlling the Xbox via your phone is an awesome feature. However I have noticed when streaming a video from BBC iPlayer or something similar the connection between my phone and Xbox slows down dramatically.
June 17th, 2012 at 6:16 pm
that’s odd Longboy
June 25th, 2012 at 6:05 am
Probably because the Companion App runs through the Wifi/Internet too, so when it’s streaming video from BBC iPlayer/YouTube/Netflix the responsiveness between the Companion App and the Xbox is reduced.