A screenshot of the Xbox control panel drawn from my iPhone.
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With the Xbox Series X around the corner, Microsoft has updated its iOS Xbox app. With the upgrade comes a huge brand-new function in remote play that lets you stream video games from your Xbox One to your iPhone or iPad. Excellent timing too, with four brand-new iPhones about to go on sale.
To temper your enjoyment, this is not Project xCloud. That service lets you play video games on Android phones from the cloud, while this remote play function instead casts video games from your Xbox One to your phone. Essentially, youll still need to be in your house to use remote play.
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With the update comes a big brand-new feature in remote play that lets you stream video games from your Xbox One to your iPhone or iPad. That service lets you play video games on Android phones from the cloud, while this remote play function instead casts games from your Xbox One to your phone. The previous is a Netflix-esque service that lets you play hundreds of video games for a $10 a month, while the latter lets you stream Xbox and PC games from the cloud on your Android gadgets.
You can delete video games to release up memory and, more importantly, download video games to the console so theyre all set to play when you get home.
To utilize remote play, youll need a strong web connection and a Bluetooth controller for your iPhone/iPad. Microsoft isnt very first to let you stream its games onto iOS, with Sonys Remote Play transferring to iPhones and iPads in 2015..
Still, its a notable step toward Microsofts cloud-based future for the Xbox platform. While Sony is focusing on accumulating exclusives for the PlayStation, like the upcoming Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart and Spider-Man: Miles Morales video games, Microsoft is concentrating on Game Pass and Project xCloud. The previous is a Netflix-esque service that lets you play hundreds of video games for a $10 a month, while the latter lets you stream Xbox and PC games from the cloud on your Android devices.
The brand-new app lets you download video games to your console from your iPhone or iPad, so its prepared to play when you get home.
Screencap by Daniel Van Boom/CNET.
Remote play for iOS is likewise of note because Apple, notoriously protective of its platform, has in the previous disallowed Microsoft from expanding xCloud to iOS and iPadOS. Microsoft is reportedly intending to bring xCloud to iOS and iPadOS through a web-based app, instead of through the firmly controlled App Store, but Apple kicking Epic Games off its platform demonstrates how kindly it takes business attempting to circumvent its guidelines..
The brand-new iOS Xbox app, just like its Android counterpart, lets you manage your console from your phone. You can erase games to maximize memory and, more significantly, download video games to the console so theyre ready to play when you get home. You can likewise share videos and screenshots from the app to your social media, if youre into that sort of thing..
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