New Twitch app for Xbox One in the works, coming 'soon'

The new Twitch app for PS4 is shown up top and it's pretty good, and a really nice update to an app that has been long overdue for one. The same stretches to the Xbox One, but while there's no new app today, the Xbox hasn't been left out.

As confirmed by Twitch's Senior Director of Product, Tom Robertson, there is a new app for the Xbox in the works.

If you're an XBox user, fear not. The team is hard at work on a new one for you too. Coming soon (tm).If you're an XBox user, fear not. The team is hard at work on a new one for you too. Coming soon (tm).— Tom Verrilli (@tdrobbo) March 26, 2018

— cantworkitout on March 26, 2018

Coming soon is something you get used to hearing in these parts, but hopefully Microsoft's console isn't too far behind. The current Twitch app hasn't really been updated in forever and even though Microsoft is pushing Mixer hard through its console, the biggest streamers are still on Twitch. So it's an important app to have.

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