My Xbox LIVE app gets updated, now lets you hook up your iPad to your console

Microsoft’s My Xbox LIVE app has been available on the App Store for months now, but it’s been limited to the iPhone (along with Windows Phone and Android). A 1.6 update just got posted that adds a number of bug fixes for iOS, as well as support for the iPad.

It’s a pretty welcome update, especially since the Apple tablet’s larger screen offers a better way to navigate the dashboard interface – letting you check out your media files and discover new content – a lot more comfortably. Like on the iPhone version, the app will also let you use the iPad as a gamepad with virtual buttons. The virtual buttons feel really clunky though, but it should come pretty handy in a pinch when you’re up one player and down an extra controller.

Version 1.6 of the My Xbox LIVE app is now available for free from the App Store.