Xbox One SmartGlass now lets you buy games from your mobile

Days of news for console users Xbox and its services. With the arrival of the August update for the Xbox One software, now we must add the SmartGlass renewal, which is the companion app that Microsoft offers to be able to control the console using smartphones and tablets, as well as Xbox Video for Windows Phone"

The main novelty of Xbox One SmartGlass is allowing to buy games and associated content directly from the application, without having to go through the console.This is accompanied by the ability to browse the newest and/or most popular games on the store, making it easier to decide which game to buy on mobile. Likewise, we have news in the social section, now being able to like the elements of the Xbox Live news feed, and video game clips. Lastly there are minor appearance changes and performance improvements."

Best of all, Xbox One SmartGlass has been updated at the same time on all 3 mobile platforms where it's available: Windows Phone, iOS and Android, so everyone who owns an Xbox One can enjoy these new features right now.

And as we said at the beginning, the Xbox Video client for Windows Phone is also updated , gaining better performance when starting, playing movies or series via streaming, and even when playing personal videos or downloaded content.Along with this we are promised more informative error messages and more relevant search results.

It's good to see that Microsoft remains committed to constantly improving Xbox Video and Xbox Music Not that we're going to doubt the denials from Joe Belfiore about the possible closure of services, but it is always more reassuring to see those promises of updates materialized in the facts.