Microsoft’s new Xbox app will let you stream Xbox One games to your iPhone

Microsoft is about to release a major update to the Xbox app for iOS that includes the ability to stream Xbox One games to an iPhone. A new Xbox app is coming to the App Store soon that includes a remote play feature, allowing Xbox One console owners to stream their games to an iPhone.

Remote play is different from Microsoft’s xCloud service, which streams games directly from servers rather than your own Xbox One console. This Xbox Remote Play feature will only connect to your own Xbox console, not xCloud. It is similar to Sony’s PS4 remote playback feature which is also available on Android and iOS.

You will be able to access an Xbox console via Wi-Fi, or even an LTE or 5G connection. As this application takes control of the Xbox from your home, you can start your console remotely outside of your home. The Xbox will start up without a sound or the Xbox light on the front, and when disconnected, it returns to standby mode after a short period of inactivity.

Recently, a new Xbox app came to Android and this updated version of iPhone includes the same new design and new features. You can quickly download or share game clips and screenshots captured on an Xbox One or Xbox Series X / S console, and you can even manage console space and delete games.

This new Xbox app is also much faster than the previous version of iOS, and has been fully revised to match similar design changes being made to Xbox. Everything is in preparation for the launch of the Xbox Series X / S consoles in November, and Microsoft is also updating its Xbox dashboard with some design changes.

However, Microsoft’s updated Xbox app doesn’t change the xCloud situation. Apple extended an olive branch to allow services like Stadia and xCloud recently, but it included a big catch that would mean Microsoft would have to individually ship hundreds of games as separate apps using its streaming technology. Microsoft was not amused by Apple’s new rules.

Microsoft is currently testing this Xbox app with TestFlight members, which means that it will soon be available on the App Store for everyone to download.