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Xbox Beta App Update We’ve Been Waiting for Arrives, Includes Remote Play

Tim September 21, 2020 5

The big news this morning was Microsoft's huge acquisition of Bethesda. While that's totes awesome for Xbox players, there's some other great news you should be aware of. This week, Xbox sent out a completely top-to-bottom rebuild of the Xbox app for Android...

Xbox Console Streaming Preview Available for Android This Week

Tim October 30, 2019

Select users in Xbox's testing circles can trial Console Streaming as of this week, which is the ability to wirelessly stream owned Xbox titles on your Xbox or Game Pass titles directly to your Android device. To put it even more simply, any game that is...

Xbox Game Streaming App, for Project xCloud, Available for Download

Tim October 1, 2019

The necessary Xbox Game Streaming app for Android, the one that allows Microsoft's Project xCloud to work on your Android device, is now available for download. Sadly, downloading it doesn't really do anything, since Microsoft has yet to let anyone into its...

Google Assistant Comes to Xbox, Try Out the Beta Today

Tim September 26, 2019

Announced today, Google Assistant has come to Xbox via a new beta for Xbox Actions. While this may sound amazing, the capabilities are somewhat limited to purely controlling the Xbox and just for clarity, this beta does not turn your Xbox into a Google Home...

Microsoft Bringing Xbox Live to Android for Parties, Messaging, and Achievements

Tim March 14, 2019

Unveiled for GDC, Microsoft is bringing Xbox Live to Android by way of a new SDK. In doing so, Xbox Live has the potential of reaching billions of people across the globe, though, app developers will need a good reason to include it. According to The Verge who...

Microsoft’s xCloud Gaming Service Will Bring Console Games to Mobile

Tim October 8, 2018

Project xCloud was announced by Microsoft this week, an effort to bring Xbox and Windows PC games to a variety of devices, including smartphones and tablets. Public Project xCloud system testing is set to begin next year, but ultimately, Microsoft's plan is to...

Google Says Your Xbox One S Controller Should Work Fine With Android Pie

Tim August 24, 2018

A developer at Google made a lot of mobile gamers happy this week, with a marking of "Fixed" on a bug report that was opened in August, 2016. The bug was centered around the Xbox One S controller and its button mapping for Android. With a fix now available and...

Party Chat Support Arrives for Xbox Beta App

Tim December 14, 2017 5

If for some reason you must put down the headset and walk away from your Xbox console, you no longer have to leave your party chat hanging. Rolling out through the Xbox beta app on Google Play, Android users can now maintain their conversation through their...