Welcome

This documentation details the SmartGlass protocol, used by the Xbox One gaming console family.

Introduction

SmartGlass is a remote control protocol developed by Microsoft for their Xbox gaming system. It was originally developed for the Xbox 360, where it relied on an active Xbox Live connection for communication with the console. With the Xbox One it directly communicates over the local network.

In this documentation only the Xbox One variant of SmartGlass is documented.

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• Basics
• Cryptography
• Simple Message
• Message
• Channels
• Nano Protocol

Capabilities

Here is a rough overview about the capabilities of the SmartGlass protocol.

• ~~Start games / apps via TitleID~~ (this feature got removed from the protocol by Microsoft, with ~Sysupdate 10.0.11763.4088 // 04/2019)
• Controller input (Input Channel)
• Media player control (Media Channel)
• Text input (Text Channel)
• Live TV streaming (Stump Channel)
• Gamestreaming (Broadcast Channel / NANO)
• and more...

Related specifications

The following specifications share similarities with the Xbox specific protocols.

SmartGlass protocol

• MS-CDP: Connected Devices Platform

Nano protocol (v1/v2)

• MS-RDPEUDP: RDP:UDP TransportExtension

XCloud (Nano v3)

• MS-SRTP: Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP) Profile

Disclaimer

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