Microsoft’s Xbox One video game consoles can do more than just play video games. They can be used to watch broadcast television, watch live streams, and play on-demand TV shows and movies. Here’s how to watch TV on your Xbox One.

Free-to-air TV can be watched directly on your Xbox One console without having to change the TV channel. This is done via a special Xbox One Digital TV Tuner accessory that plugs into the back of the console and also connects to your TV aerial.

Some of the benefits of watching live TV through your Xbox One include:

To watch broadcast TV on Xbox One, gamers in the United States and Canada will need to purchase a third-party device such as the Hauppauge Digital TV Tuner for Xbox One. Gamers in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia, and the United Kingdom, on the other hand, can use Microsoft's Digital TV Tuner for Xbox One.