Plex, one of the best apps for media consumption on a large screen is coming to the Xbox One, after Microsoft announced support for universal applications at BUILD earlier this week.
A user on the Plex forums under the name of ‘Tyson’ confirmed the news, saying that “Microsoft has approved the development of a Plex Client for Xbox One” and that the team “have been granted membership into ID@Xbox specifically for the development and eventual release of Plex for Xbox One.”
The ID@Xbox program stands for “Independent Developers @ Xbox” and allows third party developers to build for the Xbox One. There haven’t been any applications released under the program yet, but a dashboard update that’s due later in 2014 will allow universal applications to run on the console.
Plex began life as a fork of the popular XBMC project and offers a way to organize movies, TV, music and photos for consumption on your TV and other devices.
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Development has only just started on the Plex client for Xbox One, so it’ll be a while before it’s released, but it’s great news that Microsoft is allowing other media services onto the Xbox One.
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