Microsoft Xbox One owners will get the chance to use apps on their console as the software giant positions itself to regain lost ground. One of the apps coming to the console is the ABC News app, and guess what? With this app, Xbox One owners will have the chance to watch the Oscars directly from their console.

Apps coming to the Xbox One are proof that video game consoles are transforming into true home entertainment systems rather than just a tool to play the latest AAA and Indie video games.

According to ABC, the new app will feature footage and clips from the networks Oscars coverage when it airs this weekend. So yes, Xbox One owners will be able to watch the grand event that is the Oscars via this ABC app. This should work wonders for cord cutters since the Oscars is mainly aired on traditional TV.

"ABC News announced today the launch of its app for Xbox One. Debuting as the first U.S. news application on the gaming console, the ABC News app will offer immediate access to multiple simultaneous streams of live video as well as on-demand content, entertainment news, original programming and highlights from ABC News programs," said ABC.

"During Oscars weekend, the app will feature clips and live video from ABC News' extensive coverage, including interviews with nominees and segments on Oscars fashion, trends and history," it added.

Indeed, this is big news for Microsoft and the Xbox One. The ABC News app coming to the console won't change the tide of battle with the PlayStation 4, but it is clearly a sign of big things to come in the future.

For a long time, Microsoft has been talking about bringing Windows apps to the console. At one point, we thought Microsoft had abandoned the idea, so we are glad to see the software giant revisiting this promise.

Microsoft's aim this year, at least one of them, is to turn every Xbox One into a developer kit. It means that anyone with the necessary knowledge and skills will be able to create apps for the console.

We can't wait to see what developers do when the apps begin to roll in.

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