{"id":195142,"date":"2017-08-29T09:40:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T07:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=195142"},"modified":"2017-08-29T09:40:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T07:40:31","slug":"you-can-now-watch-showmax-through-xbox-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/195142\/you-can-now-watch-showmax-through-xbox-one\/","title":{"rendered":"You can now watch Showmax through Xbox One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Internet TV service Showmax has launched an Xbox One app for its service.<\/p>\n<p>It said that since it launched two years ago, it has added features such as downloads, profiles, parental controls, support for AirPlay and Chromecast, and bandwidth capping.<\/p>\n<p>It was also recently added\u00a0to the DStv Explora and Android TV platforms.<\/p>\n<p>To get Showmax on the Xbox One, navigate to the Store tab on the Xbox One, search for Showmax, install the app, and sign in with your account.<\/p>\n<p>To pin the Showmax app to your home screen, highlight the app tile, press the menu button, and then select \u201cpin to home\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>News of Showmax\u2019s new app comes after Microsoft South Africa said it cannot confirm the local launch date of the Xbox One X.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft said the local\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/226163-why-xbox-one-x-pre-orders-have-not-launched-in-south-africa.html\">clearance certification for the Xbox One X<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is still being approved.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/194942\/showmax-said-to-be-merged-with-dstv-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Showmax said to be merged with DStv: report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Showmax has launched an Xbox One app for its service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":134114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9882],"tags":[10293],"class_list":["post-195142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-showmax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195144,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195142\/revisions\/195144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}