Microsoft’s Xbox SmartGlass for Home Entertainment

RMN Digital | June 5, 2012 | Americas, Consumer, Entertainment, Masses, Mobiles, Regions, TVs, Cameras | No Comments

To kick-start the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Microsoft Corp. unveiled on Monday its new offer for enjoying entertainment at home and on the go with Xbox SmartGlass.

Launching this year, Xbox SmartGlass is an application for Windows 8, Windows Phone, and other portable devices that connects phones, PCs and tablets with your Xbox 360 console.

The intelligence of Xbox SmartGlass makes your entertainment more engaging, Web surfing more effortless, and playing games more immersive by delivering companion content and control to enhance your TV experience, says Microsoft.

“Xbox is on a mission to make the entertainment that you love even more amazing,” said Don Mattrick, president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. “With Xbox SmartGlass, we are lighting up entertainment across your phone, tablet, PC and TV in a completely new way. If you love to play games, watch TV and movies, surf the Web, or listen to music, there has never been a better time to be on Xbox.”

Two years after the launch of Kinect for Xbox 360, Microsoft unveiled the next step in its journey to make Xbox synonymous with entertainment by unveiling Xbox SmartGlass, Internet Explorer for Xbox, and new TV, movie and music offerings.

Microsoft will launch Internet Explorer for Xbox this fall in all countries where Xbox and Xbox LIVE are available. Through Xbox, Kinect and Xbox SmartGlass, users will be able to surf the Internet using their voice on Xbox 360 and navigate using their mobile devices for an easy Web browsing experience on the television.

Whether it is a new website you want to check out on the big screen, an HD video you want to share in your living room, or your favorite website you check daily and want to view in the 10-foot experience, you will have the power of the Web now on your TV, says the company.

Last year, Xbox added voice search supported by Bing and Kinect. This year, voice search is expanding to 12 additional countries: Australia, Austria, Brazil, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain and Switzerland.

Photo courtesy: Microsoft