Microsoft NEEDS a new Xbox Media Remote to keep up with Apple, Amazon in the living room
(Windows Phone Central)

Microsoft is letting Apple and Amazon get away with a premium media experience in the living room. There`s no reason for that, thanks to Cortana and Xbox, but the company needs a modern media remote. Microsoft is seemingly doing a bang-up job with its Xbox division, especially when it comes to console hardware like the Xbox One S and now Xbox One X with 4K abilities. What the company has not done well with is home media functionality in its Xbox One Media Remote ($25). I get the focus on gaming and the downplayong of TV – a 180-degree shift from the original Xbox One wave that resulted in Microsoft getting decimated by Sony. However, that does not mean Microsoft can`t handle two (or even three) things at once. ...