Movies Anywhere can now be linked to your Microsoft account

Update: Through the rest of the month, Movies Anywhere is offering a gratuitous copy of X-Men: Days of Futurity Past when you sync your account with your Microsoft account. For more than info, caput to Thrifter.

Microsoft briefly revealed today that information technology was hopping on the Movies Anywhere bandwagon, opening up your Microsoft Store purchases to be synced across services like Google Play, iTunes, and Amazon. While we take yet to see an official announcement, the cat's out of the bag and you tin at present link your Microsoft account with Movies Anywhere.

To go started with linking your accounts, you'll accept to stick with the Movies Anywhere mobile app for now. The website doesn't appear to accept been updated just yet, only the Microsoft account choice is currently available on mobile devices. Simply log in to Movies Anywhere, select "Manage Retailers" from the hamburger menu, and select the "Microsoft" option. From there, you'll be asked to sign in to your Microsoft account and requite Movies Anywhere the required permissions to access your library.

Once yous're all linked up, you should start seeing your eligible purchases from the Microsoft Store synced to Movies Anywhere and any other digital locker services you're signed into. Your purchases on Google Play, Vudu, Amazon, and iTunes will also be synced up with your Microsoft library.

One large caveat to all of this is that Movies Anywhere is still a U.S.-merely service, so yous're out of luck if yous're located elsewhere. Participating studios may also be a roadblock, as Disney relies on agreements with studios to determine which movies are available to exist linked beyond accounts. Currently, the listing of studios that accept signed on to Movies Anywhere includes Disney, Trick, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. and Universal. Paramount, Lionsgate, and MGM nonetheless haven't jumped in.

Notwithstanding, this is a big benefaction for Microsoft, as its Movies & Tv set app isn't available on Android or iOS ( at least not however, anyway). With Movies Anywhere integration, you'll now be able to access all of your eligible Microsoft Shop purchases no thing what service you accept available across your devices. That goes the other way too, bringing purchases from iTunes and other libraries to your Windows x devices and Xbox 1.

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