16.) Xbox Feedback Ideas: Apps Part 1

1.) Xbox Live App on Phones
       What if gamers could install an Xbox Live App on their phones which allowed them to sign in to their Xbox Live Account and chat with their friends? All you would need is an internet connection. Gamers could start either a private or party chat and or join and accept invites from their cell phones through voice, video or through texting. Give them the option to also send voice, video, photo and text messages from their phones as well. Don't single this out to Xbox One and make this work cross-platform with other devices such as PC and Xbox 360. In the past, Games for Windows Live allowed players to start a private or party chat with their friends on Xbox Live. This feature was highly overlooked and helped bridge the gap between Console and PC gamers somewhat. It would function just like Xbox and essentially run Xbox Live on their phones. This would allow Microsoft to expand Xbox Live to more customers in the cell phone market and give them the option to pay for the Xbox Live Gold service, even if they don't own an Xbox. Make the process simple by allowing them to create their gamertag and go from there. Click here to vote for this feature.

2.) Party Chat App Expanded
 

• Video & Audio Messages
         Allow gamers to send photos, video and audio messages using the Kinect to their friends besides text. This would also be a great way to share your epic gaming moments with friends. Gamers could say, "Xbox, record that" or "Xbox, send that clip to Hero Protagonist; (one of your friends). Give gamers the option to share them to the Xbox Activity Feed so players can comment, like and share unless the message was made to be private. In general, mark whether a message has been viewed by its recipient. Also you can vote for viewed messages by following this link. Also, Microsoft needs to allow players to send messages to multiple players at once like they could on the Xbox 360. You can vote for the feature as well by clicking here.

• Video Chat
         What if you could also while chatting with your friends, see them while playing games. Give gamers the option to make a snap feature that shows their friends through video either on the left or right side of the screen. I think it would be cool if we could see our friends while playing thru kinect. So like somewhere on the TV a video of our friend would be present and we could see and talk to them while playing. Check out this link 

• Voice Recognition
         The Kinect should have the ability to tell players apart by detecting whose voice is speaking! It can get frustrating for players when someone wants to mess with them and turn their console off. If your voice changes, you can type in a password to set it for your new voice.
  

• Invite to Game & Party
         This feature was on Xbox 360 and gamers would like to see it back on the Xbox One. The all in one invite feature. You can vote for this feature by visiting the following link
  
  Also, allow Xbox 360 users to send invites to Xbox One gamers play 360 gamers through backwards compatibility. You can vote for this feature by following this link
  
  Since Xbox One is getting more backwards compatibility with Xbox 360 games, it would make since that Microsoft should keep the servers around for Xbox 360. Allow players from Xbox One to join a party with their friends on Xbox 360. You can vote for this feature here

• Ability to accept Party/ Game Invites that's already been used
  This feature was on Xbox 360 and didn't carry over to Xbox One. You can vote for this by clicking here.

• Bring Back Private Chat!
  On Xbox 360, it was possible to invite a single friend in order to talk privately with them. It was convenient and different from the group chat. This is needed especially since many of your friends in the same party might be playing different games. However, players can somewhat make a private chat by setting their party to invite only. If players end up in a party chat, allow them to switch in order to avoid leaving and joining the party constantly.
  

• Away Status in Party
  You can vote for this feature and see more information by following this link.

• Appear Offline Improved
  Microsoft needs to make so when your profile appears offline, your status remains consistent whether playing Xbox One or backward compatible titles. When you set your Xbox One to appear offline, it doesn't do this by default on the 360 emulator when you boot up a backwards compatible game. If players choose to show up offline, they might not want be popping up on their friends lists every time they load up a backwards compatible game.

3.) Gamerpic Editor App
       You can vote for this feature by following this link

Also, Xbox 360 Gamerpics should be available for player to use on Xbox One. You can see more information by following this link

4.) Photos App
       You can vote for this feature by following this link

5.) Weather App
       Allow gamers to add to a tile and see an icon that shows the weather. For more information, click on the following link and vote for it if you would like this feature here


6.) Google Chrome or Any other optional web browsers
       You can vote for this feature by following this link

Also, provide players the option to close all tabs: https://xbox.uservoice.com/forums/251646-apps/suggestions/10217700-option-to-close-all-tabs-in-internet-explorer-app

7.) Google Earth App
       You can vote for this feature by visiting the following link here

8.) Import Spotify Playlist into Xbox Music
       You can vote for this feature by following this link

9.) Ability to Play Music from Apps Without Snap (Background Music)
       You can vote for this feature by following this link


10.) Bring All Xbox 360 Apps to Xbox One
       You can vote for this idea by following this link

11.) Bring Xbox App to Mac OSX
       You can vote for this feature by following this link

12.) Record the Xbox 360 with GameDVR into Xbox One's TV App
       Vote for this feature by following this link


13. Bring Cortana App to Xbox One
       Your truly personal fully automated domestic digital assistant built specifically for Xbox One.


14.) Maps App 

If you have any thoughts or ideas to help improve Xbox One, you can post them on Xbox Feedback. For my next blog post, I will be talking about reasons to bring a Steam App to consoles.