Ben Rudolph, aka @BenThePCGuy, just posted to the Windows Phone Blog about an upcoming Windows Phone app that will offer you the ability to interact and control your Xbox 360 with your Windows Phone handset.
This Xbox Companion App is not out yet (total bummer right?) but Ben tried out a beta of it and shared this usage scenario with us:
- Finding Content: Just like on your Xbox, the Xbox Companion gives you instant access to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace catalog of games, movies, music and TV shows. I used it to search “Featured Content” and pulled up the X-Men: First Class.
- Learn more about what you’re watching, listening to, or playing: Once I found the movie and touched the movie tile, the Xbox companion app took me to an info page that has all the related details about. And the content is really rich, too – for example, when I swiped to the “cast” page and touched an actor’s name, like star James McAvoy, I was taken to other movies starring him. From there, I could easily learn more about the other movies, their cast, etc. It’s an infinite road of interactive content.
- Control & Play: Once I selected the content and hit play, the Xbox Companion flips into “controller mode” in which I could navigate my Xbox, or control video playback of your video. The best part here is that controls are virtually instantaneous – easily as fast as using my controller or a TV remote.
Thanks to @TomWarren over at WinRumors.com for this video which shows a quick look at this app in use:
Ben adds that the app will be free and the best estimation he provides for availability is soon.
