The video-streaming app makes it to the Microsoft gaming console. November 20, 2013 2:55 PM PST (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Xbox One users will be able to access online video content from a dedicated YouTube app, according to a post Wednesday from the team behind Microsoft's top-selling console franchise. The app will land on the gaming console on Nov. 22 for most countries, according to Xbox. Austria, Ireland, and New Zealand, will have to wait a bit longer. Related stories Carriers reject idea of phone kill switch Microsoft's Xbox One preorders play hard to get Microsoft launches Xbox One SmartGlass app The new app takes advantage of Xbox's voice and gesture controls. Users will be able to control the app by saying "YouTube" whenever they are in the app. The term will cue commands like play, pause and fast forward. Users can use gestures to grab the screen, and scroll through and watch videos. Down the line, the app will also include Snap mode, which lets you use two apps simultaneously on a split screen. While the Xbox 360 also has a similar YouTube app, Microsoft's Windows Phone, nor Xbox competitor Sony's PS4, has yet to land the video app.
The video-streaming app makes it to the Microsoft gaming console.
(Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET)
Xbox One users will be able to access online video content from a dedicated YouTube app, according to a post Wednesday from the team behind Microsoft's top-selling console franchise.
The app will land on the gaming console on Nov. 22 for most countries, according to Xbox. Austria, Ireland, and New Zealand, will have to wait a bit longer.
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The new app takes advantage of Xbox's voice and gesture controls. Users will be able to control the app by saying "YouTube" whenever they are in the app. The term will cue commands like play, pause and fast forward. Users can use gestures to grab the screen, and scroll through and watch videos. Down the line, the app will also include Snap mode, which lets you use two apps simultaneously on a split screen.
While the Xbox 360 also has a similar YouTube app, Microsoft's Windows Phone, nor Xbox competitor Sony's PS4, has yet to land the video app.
