Apple hasn’t made an exception for xCloud or any other game streaming service to exist on its App Store, and it doesn’t seem like it will budge.Īs my colleague Tom Warren put it, “Apple wants companies like Microsoft to individually submit their games as separate apps using its streaming tech,” and Microsoft doesn’t want to do that, calling Apple’s requirements “ a bad experience for customers”.īut assuming you’ve got an Android device, here’s what you’ll need to try it yourself: But if you’re looking to try out xCloud on an iPhone, the process unfortunately begins and ends right here. It’s possible that you might already have all the necessary components to make it happen - on Android, anyhow.
Let’s run through what you need to try it yourself today.
Many more games will come later this quarter, when the EA Play catalog of games gets added.
If you subscribe to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, you likely now have access to Microsoft’s xCloud game streaming abilities, and can immediately jump into one of more than 150 games - today is the official launch of Microsoft’s xCloud service.
