Larry C.

Can someone explain to me why my Asus Transformer Infnity is not compatible with this app? I thought it was already available for android.

Music

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/smartglass#get-smartglass

It states Android compatible devices: Smartphones only (4.x)

Larry C.

So will it ever come out for android tablets?

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If you read through the reviews for the app, you can see that support for tablets is being added, but it is not indicated on Microsoft's site.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...oft.smartglass

Larry C.

Well looks like its only supporting 7" tablets for now. Geez

edstein

Welcome to the wonderful world of Android fragmentation. The main reason I switch to iOS. Smartglass works great on my iPad.

RichC2

Honestly this and the GoPro app (fairly recent as well) are the first instances of fragmentation I can really think of everything else runs on Android 2.x and generally works well unless you bought a cheap phone

I'm guessing there's something to do with Wifi modes in 4.x, not sure why they won't allow this on larger tablets though unless they're working on an optimized version or there's some sort of DRM issue.

Deftones

Supermallet

The main reason you switched to iOS was to use Xbox Smartglass?

edstein

No, I switched from android phones/tablets to iOS due to Android fragmentation issues.

Supermallet

I have an iPad and an Android phone. Problem solved!

Jay G.

iOS is fragmented too. They had to develop this app for 4 different resolutions on iOS, and it's still apparently not designed for the iPhone 5's resolution (which would be a 5th resolution). It also apparently only works on the latest iPod Touch.

The difference is that Microsoft targeted iOS and made sure that they had all the major devices covered, while relegating Android tablets until after the launch of iOS and Android phone devices. They likely went by market share for prioritization (although of course they prioritized Windows 8/RT and Windows Phone, because they're Microsoft).

kurupt

It's a little clunky with my iPad, but there is potential there.

mugwump

The apk is easy to find online and can be installed directly. That's what I did to get it running on my Nexus until the recent update enabled 7" tablets.

RichC2

Hate to take this off topic, but I can accept shitty app selection or poor whatever, but honestly how many times did fragmentation actually effect you in any way?

orangecrush

Acording to Telltale Games, it is why I can't play The Walking Dead game on my S3

Groucho

Android vs iOS pissing match aside, the feature itself works well...surprisingly snappy! It's just not very compelling to use.

orangecrush

I can now look at all the avatars on my friends list without my Xbox on. I finally feel like the hundreds of dollars my friends spent on avatar props are worth it.

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