Xbox Companion updated, is now Xbox Smartglass

Xbox Smartglass

An update is being pushed through for your Windows Phone Xbox Companion app that transforms things into the Xbox Smartglass app. You go a change in layout also boot.

Xbox Smartglass continues to allow y'all to collaborate with your Xbox 360 console through your Windows Phone. Not only will information technology permit you lot to control your console but it too delivers unique content about what you lot are watching or playing to your Windows Phone.

Xbox Smartglass

Xbox Smartglass's fundamental features include:

Navigate your Xbox 360 with swipe and tap.
Use your telephone'southward keyboard to type to your Xbox 360.
Scan the Internet on your Xbox 360 with full keyboard and zooming.
Play, pause, fast forward, rewind, and finish videos and music on your Xbox 360.
Search the total Xbox itemize of music, video, and games.
Bask rich, interactive experiences from select game and entertainment content creators.

If y'all oasis't seen the update pushed to your Windows Phone, you can find the Xbox Smartglass app hither at the Windows Telephone Store. Information technology's a free app and does require an Xbox 360 console and Xbox membership.

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