HBO Go fans can now stream all their favorite HBO shows on Microsoft's Xbox One.
In what seemed like a heated race, the Xbox One became Thursday the first of the next generation gaming consoles to implement HBO's streaming service. Not to worry, the PS4 version is currently being developed and should arrive sometime before the new year, or shortly thereafter.
The look and feel of the Xbox One app is pretty much par for the course for Microsoft but with a few tweaks. For example, the Xbox One app has larger images, and a neat feature that allows users to pin their favorite individual TV shows to their home screen. This is ideal for binge watchers.
HBO Go is pay-to-play so users will need a subscription to the streaming service. Gamers without Xbox Live Gold memberships, will still be able to view content by providing their HBO credentials to log-on. The offer is only available in the U.S. and will support subscribers of over a dozen providers, including Time Warner Cable, Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, DirecTV, and Dish.
The Xbox One offers a slew of options when it comes to streaming media, but pushing the the popular cable network's streaming service to Microsoft's gaming system is a step in the right direction for the company in implementing a centralized media platform for its users.
