Xbox Cloud Gaming Update To PC And Mobile Devices
Cloud Technologies and Cloud Gaming facilities continues to host upgrades in the gaming as well as the technological world. Recent updates stated, after months of declaring the upcoming Xbox Cloud Gaming service to Android, iOS and PC in 2021, Microsoft has announced the launch of Xbox Cloud Gaming Beta for Windows 10 and iOS users on April 20, 2021.
Aimed at bringing more gamers via the cloud gaming service, Microsoft has started sending out invites to select Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to test the Xbox Cloud Gaming limited beta for Windows 10 PCs and Apple phones and tablets via web browsers. As noted previously on April 19, 2021, by Catherine Gluckstein, Vice President & Head of Product, Project xCloud,
We're launching xbox.com/play where invitees can play over 100 Xbox Game Pass titles through Edge, Google Chrome, or Safari. Offering cloud gaming through the browser and having a simplified, universal landing page presents a great opportunity to make cloud gaming approachable to more players in more places over time.
Expanding Xbox Player Base
Xbox Game Pass monthly engagement was more than doubled in November, 2020 with over 1.6 million upgrades delivered to Xbox Series X and S owners. Seemingly delivering a consistent experience over all platforms, Microsoft aims to achieve trust of billions of gamers from over the world. As noted by Catherine Gluckstein, Vice President & Head of Product, Project xCloud,
This is an exciting step on our journey to bring gaming to the 3 billion players around the world.
Merging together the PC and console gamers on a common platform to enjoy latest gaming titles, Xbox Game Pass will be available for PC version too as confirmed by head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, at a latest tweet.
Great to get to share progress team has made, looking forward to continuing to grow Cloud Gaming with the community. Browsing XGP library, instantly trying a game and either keep playing in browser and/or download to continue on console or PC is a really nice discovery feature. https://t.co/1PrB3x4Q2m
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) April 19, 2021
Letting the Xbox titles experience in mobile devices has been made possible in collaboration with Rainway. Rainway SDK solution not only brings Xbox Cloud Gaming to Safari on macOS, iPad OS, and iOS devices, but also brings it to modern web browsers on Windows, Chrome OS, and even Linux. Stated by Andrew Sampson, Co-founder & CEO, Rainway,
Our SDK handles all the complex cross-platform media presentation, input, and browser interoperability so that Microsoft’s engineers can focus on building a fantastic product user experience.