Do you use the Xbox Game Pass app and the Xbox app on your mobile phones? Significant changes are coming because both will be simplified and merged. In case you didn’t know, the Xbox app is used to track achievements, see your friends list, join a group chat, and more, while in the Xbox Game Pass app you can view the subscription catalog and, best of all, play with Cloud Gaming all games if you have a compatible controller for your mobile.
If you are one of the many who finds this confusing and want a more simplified experience, then there is good news because Microsoft has announced through The Verge that both apps will be merged soon. Redmond states that they will be testing this next week to ensure an error-free update in November of the Xbox app. “These updates will be available to Xbox beta members on mobile devices and will soon be available to everyone,” they explain.
The Xbox Game Pass mobile app will become obsolete in November
“As part of these changes, starting in November, we will no longer support new downloads of the Xbox Game Pass app,” they indicate. In this way, the new features of the Xbox app include exploring the Game Pass catalog, managing your subscriptions internally, claiming service benefits, group and text chat, access to screenshots, and the ability to install games on your linked devices or play through streaming thanks to Cloud Gaming, either on Android or on iOS. Regarding the latter system, it can only be done through the Xbox website in a browser.
This happens because Microsoft and Apple have clashed again over cloud gaming on iOS as Redmond does not see monetization as viable in that ecosystem. Apart from that, Microsoft is preparing the launch of its mobile digital store, a few hours ago we saw a new update for the compact mode of Game Bar (gaming tool on portable devices) and some improvements to PC Game Pass as they will now save some space on certain downloads.
Additionally, from the Xbox Blog they point out that Xbox Series X|S players can now play video games without the mandatory need to download recent game updates.
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