Xbox SmartGlass app hits Android early

The Xbox SmartGlass app wasn’t meant to land on Android devices till early next year, but Microsoft appears to have pushed the app out early which is a nice surprise for those in the Android camp.

The SmartGlass app will allow you to use your smartphone to supplement your Xbox 360 experience by letting you control video and music playback from your device as well as tracking achievements and sending friendly trash-talk messages to your Xbox Live friends.

You’ll also be able to enter Bing search terms and URLs intp the Xbox 360’s new Internet Explorer app, which should save you some time over using the standard controller.

We expect to see more of SmartGlass shown off later today at Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 launch, so join us here from 5pm UK time for all the latest action from the front lines.

[via Tech Radar]

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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