The Xbox One’s OneGuide TV app is now available to preview in Australia.

Unfortunately, Microsoft NZ has no news to share regarding the service coming here.

"We don’t have anything to announce on OneGuide at this time," a spokesperson told us. "We’ll share more details about our plans for live TV delivery in additional markets over time."

OneGuide enables users to combine live free-to-air television with apps and other Xbox One features.

It can be navigated using a controller or Kinect Voice, and allows users to personalise how and when TV is watched.

Some key features of OneGuide include:

◆ Favourite Channels in OneGuide: Create your own personal favourites in OneGuide so you can more quickly choose what you want to watch.

◆ Channel Tuning by Voice: OneGuide allows you to call out your favourite TV channel by name and start watching it instantly.

◆ TV Listings in the OneGuide: Navigate TV listings using the controller or with Kinect Voice control – e.g. say “Xbox show guide, what’s on Channel 7” – to quickly navigate directly to that channel’s listings for free-to-air TV. Listings are available in both full screen and mini-guide, with the option of parental controls.

◆ TV Playback in Snap Mode: You can now watch TV using the Snap mode, watching TV on the side and leaving the main screen for games, Skype, or other applications.

◆ OneGuide on SmartGlass: You will have access to the OneGuide listings on the new Xbox One SmartGlass Beta app with the ability to change channels on your TV. You can download this app from the marketplace or store on your mobile device.

◆ TV On Demand: TV listings in OneGuide will indicate which shows are available on demand from video apps.

In addition, Xbox Australia is launching the Xbox One Digital TV Tuner in March 2015 for AU$40.

It will provide Xbox One users in Australia with an over-the-air digital terrestrial TV experience through a USB-attached TV tuner, an alternative to accessing TV content from a free-to-air box connected through the HDMI-In port.

One feature of the new digital TV Tuner is the streaming of TV across a home network to a smartphone or tablet using the Xbox One SmartGlass app. This allowing you to pause, rewind and fast forward TV, or watch TV on a device within your home and game on the Xbox console simultaneously.