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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...

Microsoft Looks to Build New Platform to Bring Xbox Live to Android

Tim March 3, 2014 13

According to a recent job listing by Microsoft, and sources close to the project, the company hopes to release an Xbox Live-like gaming platform for Android and iOS. As of right now, Xbox Live handles in-game achievements, finding friends who game, matchmaking...

Xbox Music Receives Update on Google Play, Allows for Storing Playlists Offline

Eric January 14, 2014 17

These days, it seems that there are just as many streaming music services as there are social networks in our world. If you are one of the people who uses Microsoft's Xbox Music service, today is a good day. An update pushing to users now will allow for you to...

Microsoft Releases Xbox One SmartGlass App to Google Play

Tim November 20, 2013 17

Microsoft launched the official Xbox One SmartGlass app to Google Play last night, allowing future owners of the next-gen console to utilize certain functions built right into the system. The SmartGlass app can act as a second screen for the Xbox One, enabling...

Microsoft Revamps Xbox Music, Puts Out Snazzy New Android App to Celebrate

Eric September 9, 2013 27

Xbox is coming up on the one year anniversary of their streaming music service Xbox Music. To celebrate, they have gone through and done some changes to their service (like free web streaming), but the biggest feature that Android users will be concerned with...