REDMOND, WA – Microsoft’s Xbox One console can now help Canadian cord cutters and cord nevers tune in to over-the-air television.
The company said Wednesday that all Xbox One owners in Canada and the U.S. can now watch over-the-air TV alongside their gameplay with the Hauppauge Digital TV Tuner for Xbox One, on sale now at Mircosoft stores or online. Customers will also need an HDTV antenna and be within range of over-the-air broadcast stations.
With the tuner and an HDTV antenna, Xbox One owners may pause up to 30 minutes of live TV, watch TV on the right side of their screen while playing games with Snap, and navigate channels using Kinect voice controls. Additionally, users may stream over-the-air TV to other devices within the home using the Xbox app on Windows 10 devices or the Xbox One SmartGlass app on Windows, Windows Phone, iOS and Android, even while someone else is playing a game on Xbox One. Users may even change channels remotely using OneGuide without disrupting gameplay on the TV.
