What is this app?

Hello

If you have suggestions/ideas you can post them, or vote on existing ideas at xbox uservoice

The console hasn't quite been out for a year yet. Give it time to get all the apps out for it. You can keep track of when things are being released from Major Nelson's Blog.

http://majornelson.com/

Ok a little more testing, signing out of my account on all devices and changing the password, it looks to be the Game itself asking for these permissions, presumably for stat tracking and achievements.

As you say, they are 0 point achievements and are purely to have people use them and explore the options they offer in the app.

It's a shame, as it was a great way to watch PBS episodes - particularly Secrets of the Dead - on a tv rather than a computer monitor. PBS hasn't responded to my emails requesting updated info, and Microsoft just says to watch the app to see when it becomes
functional again.