Microsoft prepping Xbox Smart Glass video control and streaming app for mobile devices?

[froggyboy604]

Microsoft has teased that we'll see Xbox content come to "new families of devices" at E3, and according to one rumor that could include those running Android and iOS — courtesy of a new video streaming and control app supposedly dubbed Xbox Smart Glass. Engadget and Examiner.com have reportedly both seen slides from a Microsoft presentation in which the product is described as a companion app for Xbox Live that will run on Windows tablets, Windows Phone devices, and both Android and iOS. The app is said to provide shuttle controls for playing, rewinding, and fast-forwarding video content that is being played on the Xbox, as well as allowing users to search for new programs directly from the app.

Users are also said to be able to play video via the Smart Glass app itself, and then send that content to the Xbox for big-screen presentation — though it's unclear if the app will be able to do so with any video loaded onto a given device, or if it will work strictly with content streamed directly from Xbox Live itself. (Streaming video from one device to the Xbox 360 is already possible via DLNA solutions.) Additional interactivity will be provided for different applications as well — Zune Music is cited as one example — with all of Microsoft's major brand partners represented. The Smart Glass app will allegedly be unveiled next week at E3, and we'll be there to bring you all the details.

TheVerge

Cool, so Xbox 360 users can stream their video, music, games from their iOS or Android Smartphone to their Xbox 360 hooked up to the TV.

 

[tetutato]

Shouldn't it be the other way around? I mean, we want to stream our gameplays of Xbox 360 games, not mobile games.

 

[froggyboy604]

Maybe MS would release another app to stream our gameplays of Xbox 360 games, but I think some people also want to watch video or games stored on their mobile phone and tablet without connecting to a TV with a cable or dock.

I think this app would be useful for friends and family who want to see you play a Mobile games without crowding around the screen to watch you play a game on the iPhone or Android. Plus, mobiles have fewer good viewing angles then a TV.

I think MS wants to turn the 360 into a worthy competitor to the Apple TV Box by copying airplay which let you use your iPad or iPhone on your TV to watch video or play games or apps.

 

[Ikram45]

It’s very, very likely that sending video from your device to the Xbox only works with videos that are being streamed from Zune.

 

[froggyboy604]

The article says it works also on other devices "companion app for Xbox Live that will run on Windows tablets, Windows Phone devices, and both Android and iOS."

I think MS want more people to use their software by not limiting people based on what devices they own with their software/apps.

 

[mudrock]

People have been already comparing this to the Wii U but I don't know what to think about the smart glass of yet. Its a good concept. I like the fact that it is going to be a free application.