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Xbox Companion app for Windows Phone to be released on December 6th

Xbox Companion app for Windows Phone to be released on December 6th

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Ready for some real Microsoft ecosystem cross platform integration? The Xbox Companion app will finally launch tomorrow (December 6th) alongside the consoles fall dashboard update according to Microsoft’s Major Nelson. This new Xbox Companion app will let you remotely control your Xbox 360 console through your Windows phone 7 handset similarly to a DLNA remote and will also give you access to some of the new console feature like Bing to search the unified Xbox catalog for movies, TV shows, music, games and apps.


source: M.Nelson

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