Microsoft announces plans to bring universal Windows apps to Xbox

Microsoft today announced plans to bring its just-announced universal Windows apps to the Xbox. This means developers will not only be able to build cross-platform Windows apps for PCs, phones, and tablets, but also for the company’s console. Terry Myerson, Microsoft’s EVP of Operating Systems Group, revealed that the Xbox is actively used in 80 million televisions in living rooms around the world and that the average Xbox owner uses the console for an average of five hours. He then dove right into showing off how developers will be able to take advantage of Visual Studio to build the same...



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