Xbox could be an app on your smart TV 'a year from now,' says Phil Spencer

Xbox could be an app on your smart TV 'a year from now,' says Phil Spencer

Xbox could become an app on your smart TV in the near future, allowing you to stream games like Netflix. Phil Spencer said in an interview with The Verge that an Xbox Smart TV app could become a reality "within 12 months," meaning you wouldn't need a home console like the Xbox Series X to play the best Xbox games. During the interview, Spencer was asked if there was anything stopping Microsoft from creating an Xbox app that would work on TVs, with a minimum hardware specification that would work in the same way as Google Stadia or xCloud mobile gaming. from Microsoft. "I think you're going to see this in the next 12 months. I don't think anything is going to stop us from doing this," Spencer said. He went on to explain the possibility of this becoming a reality "A TV is more of a game console sitting behind a screen that has an application platform and a Bluetooth stack and streaming capability."

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Earlier this year, Spencer was quoted in another interview as saying that he wanted to take Xbox Game Pass to a new level that would come with a streaming USB stick, like the Amazon Fire Stick, whether you plug it into your TV for playing xCloud. games through it. "What I'm saying is my home computing capacity has increased with the amount of broadcast signals coming in, not decreased. I think gaming will be one of those things as well," Spencer said. Spencer also talked about the importance of Xbox Game Pass and how she hopes it will one day be completely dominated by third-party games. Spencer said, "Game Pass is built on third party content. I want it to be that way. I want our third parties to be successful. I see Game Pass as a platform. It's not just a platform subscription-form. I want others to see the ability to distribution and monetization of Game Pass as positive for their business and important to them." Today's best Xbox Game Pass deals