The new Twitch app is now live on all Xbox One video game consoles

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Published onDecember 5, 2018

published onDecember 5, 2018

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After some testing with Xbox Insiders,the new Twitch appis now available to all Xbox One owners via a free update to the existing app.

This new official Twitch app loads significantly faster than the original one and features a smoother, more natural, UI that makes browsing channels faster and easier to do (see above image). Subscribed and popular channels are now listed horizontally and live previews of each channel autoplay as their thumbnails are highlighted.

Watching streams is also much faster now with broadcasts loading almost immediately after being clicked on from the main page.

While the new Twitch app looks and works better than the original, it hasn’t completely thrown away all aspects of the previous version and still supports its zero Gamerscore Xbox Achievements. This will come as a relief to those who hadn’t unlocked every Achievement and were worried that a new app might have done away with them.

The Xbox One Twitch app can be used to view livestreams and broadcast directly from an Xbox One console. WhileTwitchstill king in the streaming space, Microsoft’s Mixer has been sneaking up on it with a (slowly) growing userbase and a variety of new features for viewers and streamersincluding a new TV show that will be exclusive to the platform.

Have you tried the new Twitch app yet? Let us know if you like the new look in the comments below and thenfollow us on Pinterest for more gaming content.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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