Editing Xbox network (section)

=== History ===
''Play Anywhere'' was originally released as ''Live Anywhere'' as a cross-platform initiative to bring the ''Xbox network'' to a wide variety of Microsoft platforms and devices, including [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], [[Xbox 360]], [[Microsoft Windows]] ([[Windows Vista|Vista]] and [[Windows 7|7]]), [[Windows Phone]], and [[Zune]].<ref name="liveanywhere">{{cite news |author=Jason Cross |date=May 10, 2006 |title=The Skinny on Microsoft's Live Anywhere Service |newspaper=[[ExtremeTech]] |url=http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1960510,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532 |access-date=August 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228190549/http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1960510,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532 |archive-date=February 28, 2009}}</ref> Microsoft's Chris Early said of ''Live Anywhere'' in 2006 that "it [was] a long-term project expected to be rolled out over several years".<ref name="xblanywhere06">{{cite web |author=Jason Dobson |date=May 18, 2006 |title=Gamasutra – Q&A: Chris Early Breaks Down Microsoft Live Anywhere |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=9369 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802202340/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=9369 |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |access-date=August 17, 2008 |website=[[Gamasutra]]}}</ref> While a concept service for [[mobile device]]s was demonstrated at [[E3|E3 2006]] and [[Consumer Electronics Show|CES 2006]] on a [[Motorola Q]] mobile phone, it never released.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 22, 2006 |title=Exclusive: Live Anywhere |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/tv_video.php?playlist_id=459&s=l |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930040742/http://www.eurogamer.net/tv_video.php?playlist_id=459&s=l |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |access-date=August 16, 2008 |website=[[Eurogamer]]}}</ref>

On February 15, 2010, Microsoft announced its new [[mobile operating system]], [[Windows Phone]]. With Windows Phone 7 and Windows Mobile 10, Microsoft integrated full Xbox Live functionality. Windows Phone has since been discontinued.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news |last=Reilly |first=Claire |date=2017-10-08 |title=Windows 10 Mobile gets its final death sentence |work=CNET |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/windows-10-mobile-features-hardware-death-sentence-microsoft/ |access-date=2017-10-09}}</ref>

At [[E3 2016]] on June 14, 2016, ''Play Anywhere'' was announced, rebranding ''Live Anywhere'', and releasing on September 13, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crecente |first=Brian |date=July 1, 2016 |title=Xbox Play Anywhere launches Sept. 13 |url=http://www.polygon.com/2016/7/1/12077802/xbox-play-anywhere-launches-sept-13 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711164520/http://www.polygon.com/2016/7/1/12077802/xbox-play-anywhere-launches-sept-13 |archive-date=July 11, 2016 |access-date=September 28, 2016 |website=Polygon}}</ref>