Hulu unwraps universal Windows 10 app for smartphones, tablets, PCs

PanARMENIAN.Net - Hulu on Monday, February 14 launched a universal Windows 10 app for smartphones, tablets, and PCs, with support for Cortana and Live Tiles. The new version can now be downloaded from the Windows Store, VentureBeat reports.

To be clear, Hulu was already available on Windows 10. There was a Windows 8.1 app for PCs and tablets that worked on Windows 10 computers, as well as a Windows Phone 8 app that worked on Windows 10 Mobile. The latest release is a single app that works across smartphones, tablets, and PCs. If you download Hulu from the Windows Store (or update to the latest version), you’ll get the same app, but it will adapt its user interface to your device. That said, the app is only available to U.S. residents.

The universal Windows platform (UWP) also stretches to the Xbox One, but Hulu didn’t include support for the console in this release, Greg Sullivan, senior manager of Windows, told VentureBeat. Hulu is already available for Xbox One, but since Cortana voice commands haven’t yet been extended to third-party apps on Microsoft’s console, there was no incentive to include Xbox One support now.