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Windows 10 applications could run on Xbox One this summer; Windows and Xbox merging stores: Report


In line with recent reports on universal apps coming to Xbox, a new Microsoft announcement ends the chain and finally confirmed rumors that Xbox 10 applications will run on Windows.
According to a report from Business Insider, Jason Ronald Microsoft has spilled the beans on Xbox One UWP running applications later this summer. There is more! He was reportedly later to confirm that the Xbox store will merge with the unified Windows Store.

Until now, developers were able to build applications Xbox One, but they were not universal Windows 10 applications. This means they could not run across platforms such as PC, tablets, phones and Xbox One. If this announcement is true, Microsoft has opened the application store Xbox to allow developers to create applications and games for Xbox One.

However, it is still unclear how they will be able to run the same application two different user interfaces. "There are still questions about how exactly UWP applications can run on the Xbox One, given the very different user experience that offers the console. While desktops and laptops tend to focus on the cursor interactions and keyboard, and smartphones and tablets are primarily controlled through touch, method main entrance of the Xbox One is the game controller - along with gesture and voice support through optional Kinect, "said Neowin out.

"If the Windows Store operates parity in all devices in Windows 10, then it is likely that (or at least should be) on top of Microsoft do list to make as many games - and their respective DLC - available on both platforms as possible, "says Techradar.

Earlier this month, Phil Spencer, head of Xbox had also hinted universal applications for the announcement of Xbox coming later this month and also answering 'accusations Tim Sweeney of Epic Games how Microsoft is "slowly trying to take full control by introducing a pop blocked UWP ecosystem '.

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