As many of you already know, the video consoles of the current generationwere created as a complete leisure center, giving its users the option not only to play , but to watch movies, listen to music, be in contact with your friends, use Internet and some of its services such as social networks Microsoft wanted to exploit this feature and in 2009 released applications paths to access Facebook and to Twitter from your console Xbox 360However, he seems to have changed his mind and, years later, has decided toremove these applications in the new update of his gaming system
Playing your favorite games and receiving notifications from other users was a plus point. Not only did it allow you to play, but to know that you were online And, even though texting without a keyboard is awkward , and considering that a large number of users already have smartphones where they can use these social networks , it was a good way to find out everything. However, new users of Xbox are going to have to change tactics.
And we say the new because the respective applications of Facebook and Twitter have been removed from the Xbox 360 App Market, but, those users who already have them, they can continue using them without problems It must be said that these applications have not evolved since their launch. That is, have not received updates or improvements Something that, in the case of Facebook, directly affects its design, finding us the view of panels of the first desktop versions seen on this console. And it is that the environment of Xbox 360 has changed a lot in these years. Less serious is the situation for Twitter, since its application is completely internet-based, without its own visual section.
But why now? Apparently, this is a strategic move by Microsoft to accommodate its browser Internet Explorer 9 , which has been included with this new update. Something that would force users to use it to access their social networks through Internet and not through an app. In fact, a spokesman for Microsoft has made the following statement to a specialized media: We are removing the Facebook and Twitter applications. Xbox LIVE subscribers have the ability to access these sites through Internet Explorer on Xbox, available through the web interface located on the new desktop
A point in favor of Microsoft and the obligation to use Internet Explorer 9 is that it allows to pin specific web pages to the desktop as shortcuts.Question that allows quick access to these social networks However, this makes us think that the disappearance of these applications is something definitive There is still hope of finding them again or accessing these social networks through the service SmartGlass We will have to wait to see if that is the case . Do you use Facebook and Twitter through your Xbox 360?
