(Pocket-lint) - Microsoft’s cloud-based game streaming service, xCloud, is receiving a full rollout to iPhones and iPads as well as PCs and Macs via the web.
Microsoft xCloud has been a component of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate as an invite-only beta since mid-April 2021. Now, Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can access it and more than 100 games right from their iOS devices, PCs, and Macs. Microsoft also revealed in a blog post on Monday that xCloud is now powered by Xbox Series X consoles, meaning streaming is officially set to 1080p at up to 60 frames per second with a decent internet connection.
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Today Microsoft has officially opened Xbox Cloud Gaming, formerly known as Project xCloud, to all Game Pass Ultimate subscribers via their iOS or Windows 10 devices. The service allows you to stream dozens of Game Pass games to your device of choice, and it first rolled out in beta on Android back in the fall of 2019. By February of 2020 Microsoft began testing the iOS version of the service in limited fashion through Testflight, but as we all know too well by now Apple squashed all hopes of the service coming via an official iOS App since it technically broke their App Store guidelines ( cough and threatened their bottom line cough ).
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Microsoft upgrades Xbox Cloud Gaming, expands platforms to PC and iOS devices
June 28, 2021 at 3:41 pm
Some of the games available on the Xbox Game Pass, as seen in Google Chrome, on June 28. (Microsoft screenshot)
Microsoft announced Monday that its Xbox Cloud Gaming service, formerly known as Project xCloud, has officially expanded into the world of web browsers.
Starting today, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers with Windows 10 PCs or iOS phones or tablets can use Chrome, Edge, or Safari with the official Xbox website to pull up and play a curated list of titles, including Wizards of the Coast’s brand-new game
Xbox Cloud Gaming now available on iOS and desktop through the browser
Microsoft today announced that it is launching the Xbox Cloud Gaming service through the web for Apple devices as well as desktop computers. The service is now available in 22 countries to subscribers of the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate service.
To access the service, you need to visit xbox.com/play through the Microsoft Edge, Chrome, or Safari browser on your iPhone, iPad, PC, or Mac. If you are already a subscriber to the Game Pass Ultimate service and in one of the 22 supported countries, you can start playing from over a 100 games immediately.