Screenshot of the Xbox dashboard taken from my iPhone.
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With Around the Xbox Series X corner, Microsoft has updated it IOS Xbox app. With the update comes a new feature in Remote Play that lets you stream games from your Xbox One to your iPhone or iPad. Good time too, too Four new iPhones going on sale.
First, to annoy your excitement, this project is not exclusive. That service allows you to play games on Android phones from the cloud, while this remote play function instead plays games on your phone from your Xbox One. Basically, you still need to be at home to use the remote game.
To use Remote Play, you’ll need a solid internet connection and a Bluetooth controller for your iPhone / iPad. Microsoft isn’t the first to let you stream its games to iOS with Sony’s Remote Play Moving on to iPhones and iPads last year.
Still, it’s a significant step toward Microsoft’s cloud-based future for the Xbox platform. While Sony is focusing on the exceptionally iling throat for the PlayStation, such as the upcoming chat and clink: Rift Ader and Spider-Man: Miles Morales Focusing on games, micro .ft game pass and project exclud. The former is a Netflix-esque service that lets you Play hundreds of games for 10 a month, While the latter Allows you to stream Xbox and PC games from the cloud on your Android devices.
The new app lets you download games to your console from your iPhone or iPad, so it’s ready to play when you get home.
Screencap by Daniel Van Boom / CNET
Remote Play for iOS is also notable as its platform’s infamous defensive Apple Pal is in the past Micro .ft bans Xcloud from extending to iOS and iPad iPOS OS. Microsoft hopes to bring ExxonMobil to iOS and the iPad to iOS, not through a tightly controlled Store, but through a web-based application by Apple. Kicking Epic Games away from its platform Shows how kind companies try to deviate from its rules.
The new iOS Xbox app, like its Android counterpart, lets you manage your console from your phone. You can delete games to free up memory and, in particular, download games to the console so they are ready to play when you get home. If you’re into this kind of thing, you can also share videos and screenshot shots from the app on your social media.
