9. Exploring Social Apps

In this chapter, you discover how to use Facebook and Twitter on your Xbox 360 and learn about Halo Waypoint, a prime destination for Halo fans.

• Installing and Using Facebook

• Using Twitter

• Enlisting with Halo Waypoint

The Social Apps block under the Social channel provides access to services and features intended to enhance your sense of community. It is your portal to the two largest social networking services in existence: Facebook and Twitter. You can access Video Kinect here as well, which is discussed in Chapter 11, “Using Kinect.” Although not housed under the Social channel, Halo Waypoint serves as an example of a game-based social app that can be used to access the extensive Halo community. If you are a fan of the Halo games, Halo Waypoint is your central hub for content related to this franchise. In this chapter, you learn how to use Facebook and Twitter on your Xbox 360, and, as a representative example of an alternative social app, the various features of Halo Waypoint.