Xbox One TV only available for US at launch

May 22nd, 2013, 00:59 Posted By: wraggster

Xbox One's TV integration features will be limited to the US at launch, Microsoft has confirmed.
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The new console allows users to navigate live television through Kinect using voice and gestures. Additionally, a 'snap' feature allows applications to be overlayed on TV for multitasking.The features are accessed by attaching the Xbox One to BT, Virgin, Sky, or Freeview boxes using a HDMI pass-through, which are sold seperately from the console itself.
Microsoft has said it is "anticipating a global launch over time".
"Our goal is to enable live TV through Xbox One in every way that it is delivered throughout the world, whether that's television service providers, over the air or over the Internet, or HDMI-in via a set top box (as is the case with many providers in the US)," it says on the Xbox news site.
"The delivery of TV is complex and we are working through the many technologies and policies around the world to make live TV available where Xbox One is available."
Don Mattrick, president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business, revealed the name of the company's third console during an Xbox reveal event at the firm's Redmond campus. Read the full Xbox One details here.
During the event Microsoft revealed the Xbox One release date as "later this year".

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