Designed for the far end of the room
Bigger type, TV-safe margins, and artwork that still carries at three metres. Nothing here is a desktop screen that was scaled up and hoped for the best.
Platform / XboxBeta
Your playlist, on the big screen.
A 10-foot app built for a gamepad and a sofa. Sign in with a six-digit code, then reach every control with the D-pad. Nothing to type on a TV, ever.
Live TV
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Home
Live TV
Movies
- Live TV with an overlay panel
- Movies and shows
- Search that finds it
- Sport hub
- Household profiles
- TV-safe and readable
No password on a remote
The app shows a six-digit code when it starts. Enter it once on the web, confirm, and the console signs itself in.
Every control on the D-pad
Focus moves where you expect it to, the shoulder buttons jump between rails, and a hint bar always says what the buttons under your thumbs will do.
Live TV
The picture never moves.
Channels, groups and favorites slide in over the video instead of pushing it aside. You change channel without leaving what you were watching, and one press puts the panel away again.
B: Back, or put the panel awayX: Add to favorites or watchlist
Movies
A wall of posters, at three metres.
Your movies and shows as a grid you can actually read from the sofa, with the focused title's year, length and channel spelled out underneath. Search reaches across channels, movies and shows at once.
A: Play, or open what is focusedLB: Previous rail
On the console
Built for the living room
The console app covers the watching. Imports, billing and household settings stay on the web.
Live TV with an overlay panel
Video plays full screen and the channels, groups and favorites slide in over it. You never leave the picture to change channel.
Movies and shows
Your catalog as browsable rails and grids, with posters, descriptions, and a continue-watching row that picks up where you stopped.
Search that finds it
One search across channels, movies and shows, driven from the D-pad without hunting through every group by hand.
Sport hub
The leagues and teams this profile follows, what is on next, and highlights when your source has them.
Household profiles
Pick who is watching from the couch. Each profile keeps its own favorites and history, and kid profiles keep their limits here too.
TV-safe and readable
Safe-area insets so overscan cannot cut anything off, larger type throughout, and a focus outline you can see from across the room.
Pairing
Six digits, and you are in.
My TV Player
Waiting to pair
The code the app shows on your TV. It changes every time.
Set up on the web first
Create your account and import a playlist in the web console. The console app reads what is already synced to your account.
Open the app on Xbox
Install My TV Player on your Series S or Series X and start it. A six-digit pairing code appears on the TV.
Enter the code
Open the pairing page on a phone or a laptop, type the code, and confirm. The console signs in and your profiles are ready.
Controls
Nothing here needs a keyboard.
Focus moves where you expect it to, and the hint bar at the bottom of every page names what the buttons under your thumbs will do right now.
- A: Play, or open what is focused
- B: Back, or put the panel away
- X: Add to favorites or watchlist
- Y: Open the guide
- LB: Previous rail
- RB: Next rail
- Move focus, in any direction
What you need
- Xbox Series S or Series X
- A broadband connection
- A My TV Player account
- A playlist or Xtream portal of your own
The Xbox app is in beta: solid for daily use, with some features from the Windows app still landing. No channels are included.
Questions
Before you install
Do I have to type a password on the TV?
No. The app shows a six-digit code, you enter it on the web from a phone or a laptop, and the console signs itself in. That is the only way it signs in.
Does it work on Xbox One?
Not today. The app targets Xbox Series S and Series X, and older consoles are not supported.
Can I record on Xbox?
No. Recording writes files to a local disk and lives in the Windows app. The console app does live TV, movies, shows, and sport.
Can the whole household use it?
Yes. Profiles come from your account, so everyone gets their own favorites and history, and kid profiles keep their age limits and screen-time rules on the TV too.
Ready to watch on Xbox?
Create a free account, import a playlist on the web, then pair your console with a six-digit code.