--- description: Microsoft just rolled out iOS and Android versions of its Halo-filled portal. title: Microsoft's Halo 5 App Is Finally on iPhone and Android image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd47f5073e945a47b/69885a3acd1bbaf8e26fc328/halo-5-guardians.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Microsoft's New _Halo 5_ App Is Finally on iPhone and Android by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 9, 2015 3:35 PM CUT  343 Industries / Microsoft by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 9, 2015 3:35 PM CUT The Halo Channel app is Microsoft’s portal to all things _Halo_, from news and community activities to video vignettes like The Sprint and The Bulletin. It’s been available since last year, but only on Xbox One, Windows PCs and Windows tablets, which in today’s app-verse means it’s been living on something like a backwater planet. That changes now: Microsoft [just rolled out](https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/halo-channel-app-is-now-available-for-ios-and-android-devices "undefined") iOS and Android versions of its Halo-filled portal, and says a Windows Phone version should be available by the time Windows 10 arrives on July 29. What’s more, if you download the app and watch a video–any will suffice–you’ll unlock a “unique Promotional REQ pack,” which includes an emblem for use in _Halo 5: Guardians_ when the game ships on October 27. The app’s not showing up in Apple App Store searches yet, so I haven’t been able to fiddle with it, but here’s hoping these new versions fare better than the Xbox One implementation, afflicted with bouts of hair-tearing sluggishness. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3951043/microsoft-halo-5-app/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3951043/microsoft-halo-5-app/"},"headline":"Microsoft's New Halo 5 App Is Finally on iPhone and Android","datePublished":"2015-07-09T15:35:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:05:57.219Z","description":"The Halo franchise's news and video portal is finally available for iOS and Android devices.","url":"https://time.com/3951043/microsoft-halo-5-app/","keywords":["Tech","Video Games","apps","xbox One","Microsoft","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd47f5073e945a47b/69885a3acd1bbaf8e26fc328/halo-5-guardians.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt Peckham","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/matt-peckham/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd47f5073e945a47b/69885a3acd1bbaf8e26fc328/halo-5-guardians.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"halo-5-guardians","caption":"","creditText":"343 Industries / Microsoft","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3951043/microsoft-halo-5-app/","name":"Microsoft's New Halo 5 App Is Finally on iPhone and Android"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Halo 5: Guardians Teaser Trailer","description":"Halo 5: Guardians Teaser Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/XKRES06x/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-06-09T17:59:39.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/XKRES06x.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3951043/microsoft-halo-5-app/","duration":"PT1M55S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3951043/microsoft-halo-5-app/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```