New Dashboard and Xbox Companion to control your console from Windows Phone
Channel: lazytechguysdotcom
Date: 2011-10-05

Microsoft announced this morning about a new app called Xbox Companion. The app will access the Xbox Live Marketplace and also act as a remote, allowing you to navigate your console or control video playback directly from your handset. Like Google TV with Android, you can call it gimmicky or just plain lazy. I prefer the later. It's great for mutes and shy people who are too embarrassed to shout at their XBox Kinect like some redheaded stepchild. Thankfully, the app is currently in beta and will be available as a free download "soon." For a peek, check out the video below at around the one-minute mark.