The Xbox beta app for Android gets all-new design, also available for iOS TestFlight
A new Xbox experience straight from your phone.
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Update, September 25, 2020 (11:30 am CT):The new Xbox app is also available through TestFlight on iOS, and enables Xbox Remote Play on Apple’s restrictive mobile platform.
What you need to know
All Xbox news today may be talking about the massive news thatXbox acquired Zenimax Media, the owner of game studios like Bethesda, but Microsoft apparently isn’t done dropping good news for Xbox gamers. TheNew Xbox Experience, which we reported on last month, is officially rolling out to theXbox beta app for Android, according to a new post fromXbox. The update fully rebuilds the app from the ground-up, introducing a new design, new features, and (hopefully) new speed.
The old Xbox app was slow, unreliable, and felt very bloated at times. I can confirm after installing the new update on my phone that the app feels faster to launch and navigate, and looks absolutely gorgeous (matching theXbox Game Passapp in design). However, the new update is far more than a simple redesign, and also lends the app new features (as well as a platform to launch other new features). This also brings the app in-line with what we’re expecting on the newXbox Series XandXbox Series Swhen they launch on November 10, with pre-orders opening tomorrow.
With the New Xbox Experience in the Xbox mobile app, you’ll get:
Finally, the update for the Xbox app is also enabling two new features for Xbox gamers. Xbox remote play, previously known as Xbox Console Streaming (Preview) is the local counterpart toXbox Cloud Gaming, and allows players to stream games directly from their console to their phone, even while on the go. This feature is no longer restricted to Xbox Insiders, and can now be accessed by anyone using the new Xbox app. To go along with this, Xbox is enabling a new feature that allows players to sign-in to multiple devices at once using their Xbox Live Account. This means you can watch and use multiple apps at the same time from multiple devices, and still be playing a game on one.
On a normal day, this would be big news for Xbox fans. Nonetheless, this is a great update that looks to massively improve the mobile Xbox experience, showing that Microsoft is serious about making Xbox great everywhere. Are you installing the new Xbox beta app? Let us know in the comments below what you think!
Xbox App for iOS and Android
The all-new Xbox app for Android and iOS lets users access their Xbox accounts and view video games, but it’s the ability to stream and play console games right on your phone that is really exciting.
Update, September 25, 2020 (11:30 am CT)—New Xbox beta is also available on iOS through TestFlight.
The new Xbox app featuring a full redesign and a host of new features is also available on iOS throughTestFlight, allowing iOS users to access the fresh interface and even Xbox Remote Play. Now players can stream Xbox games directly from their console to their iPhone, circumventing in part thelack of Xbox Cloud Gaming on iOS. For now, the newly updated Xbox app is only available through TestFlight, so there are limited numbers of available downloads, which may already be filled.
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