While its possible to stream video games from the cloud, we werent able to stream games locally from an Xbox console. When we set up the Xbox beta app (which supplies the feature) we found it would crash whenever we tried to open it.
When we may see xCloud assistance formally show up on the brand-new Chromecast, its uncertain. Google has confirmed that its own Stadia service will be formally supported in the very first half of next year though, and its unlikely that Microsoft will be too far behind. Its fantastic news for anyone who wants an inexpensive $50 device for streaming games to their television, specifically given that the brand-new Chromecast is a quite excellent video streaming gadget in its own right.
Just like Googles Stadia video game streaming service which also works, xCloud isnt yet officially supported on Googles new hardware. If you desire to install it, that means youll have to sideload xCloud. The process involves finding an APK for the Xbox Game Pass app online, discovering a method to transfer it to your dongle (heres a guide from Android Police on doing exactly that), and then change the Chromecast settings to permit apps sets up from “Unknown Sources.”
The lack of official assistance likewise indicates there are no guarantees about how xCloud will perform on the hardware. u/kiddj55 mentions in a comment that video games appear to perform at 720p resolution, because the Xbox Games Pass app is created for phones and not optimized for TVs. It does support Xbox controllers combined over Bluetooth, nevertheless.
Googles brand-new Chromecast can run Microsofts xCloud if youre prepared to sideload the video game streaming service, The Brink can verify. The functionality was previously demonstrated over on Reddit by u/kiddj55, and we have actually because been able to set up the Xbox Video game Pass app on our own hardware and access cloud streaming to play Gears of War 5.
