In a nutshell: Microsoft will soon update its NFL app for Xbox One and Windows 10.
Cool factor: The app has all the same features as last year’s — fantasy stats, video clips and a side-of-the-screen score ticker. The biggest upgrade is the addition of a heap of sports analytics and data, gathered from chips under players’ shoulder pads, providing fans with near-live updates. The Next Gen stats show users how fast and far a player ran during a given play, and his exact route. “For the first time, fans are going to have access to this data before coaches and players do,” said Todd Stevens, executive producer of Xbox Sports.
