With Xbox Cloud Streaming, you can now play your games on most Android mobile and tablet devices with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate... and that even extends to Google's new Chromecast, albeit unofficially.
This has been demonstrated by multiple Xbox users on social media, and The Verge has also tested it out, confirming that it has been able to play Gears 5 on its own version of Google's hardware.
As you can see above though, there definitely appear to be some issues with this. The latency seems much higher than you'd expect, and games reportedly run at 720p resolution due to the app being designed for mobile.
It's also not as simple as just downloading the app and launching into a game - you have to sideload it to get it to run, which just doesn't seem worth the hassle given the caveats outlined above.
Of course, Microsoft might eventually be able to get Xbox Game Pass streaming working officially with the new Chromecast, which sounds like the better option to us. No timeline for that as of yet, though.
Are you hoping Microsoft brings Game Pass streaming to Chromecast officially? Tell us below.
[source theverge.com]
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Well I hope I can soon play these games on my tv
Side loading is very easy on Android that’s why I prefer it over the joke that is iOS. But the bluetooth on new Chromecast doesn’t seem to working well. Although I have eyes on it for future purchase.
I bought one of these yesterday specifically for this, it's going back today though. Even with 600/600+ internet it still didn't work well enough for most games. If you want an Android TV device for xcloud/game streaming I highly recommend the Nvidia Shield. More expensive obviously but you can use ethernet without the need for an adapter and it works much better for this purpose.
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