Report: Microsoft’s Xbox-Like Set-Top Box Is Coming Next Year


The Verge reports today that Microsoft will release a set-top box next year alongside its next generation Xbox. The “Xbox TV” will deliver the popular Xbox Live streaming entertainment services currently available on the Xbox as well as some basic gaming. In other words, it’ll bring you streaming videos and Angry Birds but not Call of Duty.

Reports that Microsoft has been developing a set-top box have been circulating for at least a year. We still don’t know much about the device except that it will run a Windows 8 based OS and have a quick booting chipset. The new streaming-media box, like the new Xbox, is expected before the holidays next year.
[The Verge]