If you’re still using the Xbox One as an intermediary between your cable box and your TV, Microsoft has some bad news for you: Soon you will no longer see TV listings in OneGuide.
The news comes from a new Xbox Wire blog post which states that while you can still see any devices connected to the HDMI port on the back of your Xbox One, you will not see any channel listings or program information for anyone . of the TV channels, programs or movies that appear on the screen.
The work? Well, if you plugged the cable box into your Xbox One, Xbox One S or Xbox One X, you might want to run it directly to the TV now.
The good news is that Microsoft is giving you two more months before it pulls the figurative plug on the key Xbox OneGuide feature, and you won’t have to worry about it until May this year.
Has Xbox ever been the center of your living room?
It wasn’t long ago that Don Mattrick, then president of the Interactive Entertainment Business for Microsoft, promised that the Xbox One would be your home’s entertainment center.
In the rather infamous unveiling event of the Xbox One, Mattrick said that by connecting your cable box to your Xbox, you will open up a whole new world of entertainment thanks to features like photo-in-picture (Snap) and Kinect integration. To do so, Mattrick said the console will always need to have an internet connection, which upsets gamers who just want a basic upgrade of the Xbox 360.
The Xbox Series X continues to implement some ideas from Mattrick (downloaded games require you to be connected to the internet to make sure you are the real owner) and some – like the seamless music integration – become important parts of the PS4 and PS5.
Unfortunately, Microsoft’s hub to the center of your media center did not quite work out the way you wanted, but eventually Microsoft found new services – such as Xbox Game Pass and backward compatibility – to show gamers that the Xbox One was more than just a sport. TV box.
While OneGuide will remain after the update, the app will be a cover of its former self – a reminder that Microsoft once thought that the Xbox One could be the control center of your living room, it could not succeed and something got better .