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Xbox

The Xbox app keeps you connected to the fun with your friends, games, & console.

Version: 2209.2.5

Program available in: English

Program license: Free

Program by: Microsoft Corporation

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The Xbox app (formerly Xbox SmartGlass) lets you control your console from anywhere with a data connection! This free app works on Android devices with Android OS version 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and up. You can use it to interact with your Windows 10 PC or Windows Phone as well as your Xbox One console, so it's a valuable multipurpose app you'll use every day. You can use it to connect to your gaming communities, navigate the Xbox One menus and even surf the internet. The app's keyboard makes putting text into your console a breeze; no more selecting letters one by one with the thumbstick! It's worth it for that feature alone; I can't even count how much time I've wasted on console text input.

The Xbox app lets you message other Xbox One console users, track achievements and leaderboards and even use it as a remote control from the couch. It takes your Xbox One and turns it from "just" a gaming console into the ultimate multimedia tool; you won't hook anything else up to your TV ever again.

You can also shop for games on the Xbox store with the Xbox app so it's waiting for you when you get home. You can use it to show updates and game clips to your friends and view any game-related content you could see on your Xbox One console. I use it to keep an eye on the Call of Duty leaderboards so I know if any of my friends get ahead of me; when they do, it doesn't take me long to sit down, beat their score and crown myself King of CoD all over again.

This free 45 MB app from Microsoft Corporation has been downloaded nearly four hundred thousand times since it was uploaded in March of 2018. It's only available in English.

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