Xbox Game Pass Cloud Gaming Web Browser Testing Has Begun, First Screens Revealed
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Microsoft has begun pre-beta testing on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Cloud Gaming (previously known as xCloud) on web browsers. This, of course, will allow Game Pass Ultimate subscribers to easily stream Xbox games to their PC, but it should also allow Microsoft to bring cloud gaming to iOS devices via mobile web browsers (currently Xbox Game Pass Cloud Gaming is only available on Android devices due to App Store restrictions). A couple screenshots of the cloud gaming browser UI have been provided by The Verge – check them out, below.
It seems as though you’ll get similar features on browsers as are currently available on Android. A simple launcher, the ability to resume recently played games, and 720p visuals running on Xbox One S hardware (Microsoft aims to upgrade to Xbox Series X later this year). As of now, it seems Xbox Game Pass Cloud Gaming will only be available through Chromium-based browsers (Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, in other words). Late last year, Microsoft promised cloud gaming would arrive on PC and iOS via web browsers in Spring 2021…