Make Xbox Video compatible with Windows Phone
Make Xbox Music & Video copying compatible with Windows Phone 8, such as transferring music or videos purchased through Zune or Xbox Music & Video on Windows 8 Pro.
Ethan Booth
shared this idea
AdminMobile Guru
(Admin, Windows Phone)
responded
Thanks for your suggestion and feedback Always great to see this. While we can’t promise to ship every suggestion that gets submitted, we will be sure that our product development team receives your feedback. Keep those votes and suggestions coming!
102 comments
-
Ryan Oswalt
commented
Inexcusably absent feature!! I hate that I'm in debt to T-Mobile for my Lumia 810. This is a standard for smartphones, Microsoft. FYI
-
joe
commented
This is insanity. Over 6 months in...How does Microsoft expect people to stay loyal...i thought I was investing in an ecosystem. Buy on Xbox, watch on phone. I realized I can't when I was trying to sync up for a weekend of flying.
-
Riopato
commented
Syncing isn't the only issue.
-
james Humphrey
commented
Learned that amazon prime is ios and android only for video as well. I enjoyed Zune videos from the previous iteration before Xbox live. Although even the credits for even the older movies worked out to 2.50 u.s. While a quick red box run was a 1.00 u.s. For the same movie rental. Hard to believe it is Microsoft's very own products that are incompatible with each other. The whole point of migrating from the old 7.5 SDK was single core support for CE to dual core support NT kernel. You sell the shiny new car with a bigger engine and tell us the keys are locked in the trunk. I thought about a Samsung ATIV 700T to watch Xbox live movies on... But, going the IPad 4 quad A6 1GB ddr2 128GB SSD route now due to more provided features and opportunities.. I.E. Amazon prime, AppleApp store etc. I just went to the McDonalds website android apple only app. Then proceeded to 128 more city, state, federal, commercial sites and all have no windows app options. This is incredible, I can understand the economics of it. Only 800,000 windows phone 8 devices in 8 months of production does keep the developers away... No money to be made... Even jawbone up.. Sorry, no money in windows, so, no accessory devices and apps forthcoming. I am sure windows phones can take the same twelve year path as the Xbox to turn a profit. By that time, we will have reach the end of moore's law, and the devices will be omnipresent. Good luck with the roadmap and plan A with detours.
-
Bryce Eakin
commented
I can't tell you how inconvenient it is that I can't watch Xbox Video purchases on the phone when WP7 could!
-
Gary Gee
commented
My guess is that MS felt that they weren't getting enough phone downloads to justify video support. Maybe Nokia and/or Amazon will step up to the plate and give WP a video store. I don't know how much business Windows Phone is losing because of this policy but MS is in no position to p*ss off any potential WP customers right now.
-
Gary Gee
commented
I wish we could get an answer on this issue one way or another. Is the video service coming or not coming? It's not a difficult question.
-
Gary Gee
commented
The lack of XBOX video support or any other significant downloadable video service is a joke. Even Blackberry has a video store. I thought this was just going to be a temporary stutter step of WP8 but now I'm not so sure.
-
Anonymous
commented
If this isn't fixed within a few weeks, I'll be trading my Lumia 920 for an iPhone 5 & switching all my music & vid purchases to iTunes. Won't be waiting around for "Blue" which isn't until the end of the year. I will wait only until the end of May and then it's goodbye Microsoft hello Apple!
-
Riopato
commented
Since they are ignoring this, may I suggest that users should look into pirating content instead of waiting for Microsoft to fix Xbox Video.
-
Anonymous
commented
I have many videos on Xbox and would like them o. My phone. Feel like going back to iPhone for this feature
-
Justin
commented
I can't believe this feature is missing from Win Phone 8. I switched from Android because I wanted access to my zune and xbox purchased content, including video. If I had known of this restriction before buying I would have passed. I'm seriously considering returning my 8X and getting the HTC One (Android) in a few weeks instead.
This was a monumentally boneheaded oversight on Microsoft's part. How about an ETA on when this will be fixed.
-
Donald A.
commented
I switched from the lumia 900 7.8 because it wouldn't play my zune purchased videos. Was this a grand mistake? Whomever is fixing this, please do it soon. Patience wears thin.
-
ผ่านฟ้า แซ่ซิ้ว
commented
Goo
-
Ed
commented
I have bought countless videos from zune/xbox video for years. Spent hundreds of dollars to watch them when ever or were ever I may be. Bought this wp8 to do just that and this option isn't available. What the heck was you thinking not giving this option to people. Or should I say WHAT WAS I THINKING BUYING THIS PHONE. BAD BAD MOVE.
-
Anonymous
commented
Switched from iPhone in the trial period of my 920. Hate not having a video store or transferring vids from my Xbox! When will this be fixed cuz windows phone doesn't stand a chance without it
-
Anonymous
commented
The ability to download and buy movies and TV shows on windows phone is a must.
-
Robert J. Good
commented
This is a MUST have to compete with iPhone/Android!
-
cristian M
commented
can't believe when u purchase video cannot stream it in Xbox video in my 920 is pointless to have video in wp8 please fix it
-
Anonymous
commented
Thanks for sharing this nice post. Windows 8 is Microsoft's next generation operating system and <a href="http://www.soft-byte.com/2012/11/windows-8-features.html">Windows 8 features</a> are easy to use for desktops, laptops and tablets users.
