Hey Alexa
How to use Alexa and Google Assistant speakers on Xbox
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Alexa and Google Assistant have arrived on the Xbox One, bringing fresh commands and new functionality to the console.
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Xbox One Summer Update
Podcast
Windows Central Podcast 9: Xboxpalooza!
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The Windows Central Podcast is back! With a brand new team of hosts, join us every week as we bring you the latest from the world of Microsoft.
Simple but functional
Playing music through Simple Background Music Player
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Simple Background Music Player has made its way to the Xbox One with support for USB drives. We take a look at the app and how to get started!
Cartographer's Gift
Video: Windows Maps is now live on Xbox One Preview
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Thanks to UWP on the Xbox One, Windows Maps is now available on the console. Join us for a video look at how it works!
Complete Guide
Everything you need to know about the Windows 10 Xbox app
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Xbox has an app available on all Windows 10 devices, as well as iOS and Android – connecting you to your Xbox more thoroughly than ever before. Here's what you need to know...
Silent Cartographer
Windows Maps appears on the Xbox One app store
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Windows Maps has appeared on the recently unified Xbox One app store, courtesy of the Universal Windows Platform. While the app is inaccessible for the time being, it certainly looks as though we could see Microsoft's entire suite of UWP apps hit the console in the near future.
Hide & Seek
Hide your unused games after the Xbox One Summer Update
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Following the public rollout of the Xbox One Summer Update, a facelift to My Games & apps has changed how applications and games are hidden from your library. Here’s how to hide and recover your Xbox One games and apps, following this week's changes.
Convergence is here
Apps and Cortana are now on the Xbox
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Join us for a full review of the Xbox One Summer Update. While it brings tons of tremendous improvements and features for gamers, here's why it should be remembered as a pivotal moment for UWP and the Windows 10 ecosystem as a whole.
Universal Windows Groove baby
Groove UWP is now live in the Xbox One Preview
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Groove UWP is now live in the Xbox One Preview, bringing some background audio goodness. We've tried out the app and here's our first impressions!
More fixes!
A new Xbox One Preview build should be landing soon
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he Xbox One Summer Update has rolled out to the public, but those of you in the Xbox One Preview still have new builds to look forward to. This latest update brings some fixes to payments, USB keyboards on the Xbox One S and repairs an issue with Party Chat while using Kinect.
MyTube on Xbox!
Here's an early look at MyTube on Xbox One
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Google might have an official YouTube app on Xbox One, but Windows 10 heavyweight MyTube is on the way with background audio, offline playback and much more. Here's a very early look.
An explosion of apps
Developers will be able to upload UWP apps to Xbox Store
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Microsoft plans to allow any developer of Universal Windows Platform Windows 10 apps to upload them to the Xbox Store in the near future.
Ch-ch-ch-changes
These are the biggest changes in the Xbox One Summer Update
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With the arrival of the Xbox One Summer Update, a number of significant changes have made their way to the console. While these alterations can be seen system-wide, we've picked the five biggest changes you'll see after upgrading to the latest version of the operating system.
Feeling lonely?
How to find your Facebook friends on Xbox Live
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With the Xbox One's Summer Update, you can now find your Facebook friend's Gamertags easier than ever before. Here's how to do that on both Windows 10 PCs
All the languages!
How to unlink your region, keyboard and language on Xbox One
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Now you can separate your region, speech and keyboard language settings on Xbox One. Want to know how? See here.
Say hi to Cortana!
Xbox One Summer Update is rolling out to the public
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The Xbox One's Summer Update is currently heading out to the public, bringing background audio, Cortana, Universal Windows Platform apps and many more new features to the console. Here's everything you need to know.
ALL THE GAMES
How to use the new Xbox Games & Apps section
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The Windows 10 Anniversary Update isn't just changing Windows, it's bringing sweeping changes to Xbox One as well! In the latest preview build, we take a look at the all-new My Games & Apps section, which makes game and app management infinitely easier.
They're everywhere!
Here are all the Universal Windows apps on the Xbox One
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With the arrival of the Xbox One's Summer Update, a range of new features has been introduced to further merge the console into the Windows ecosystem. As a part of the update, support has been added for Universal Windows applications on the Xbox One. We've compiled a list of all the Universal Windows apps available on the Xbox One today.
Breaking the sound barrier
How to play background music and audio on Xbox One
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Background audio is now available on the Xbox One preview thanks to this summer's update. Here's how to access and control apps that support background audio on the Xbox One!
Xbacon One
Video: Hands on with Baconit for Xbox One
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One of Windows 10's best Reddit solutions has arrived on Xbox One thanks to the Universal Windows Platform. Join us for a quick video session with Baconit.