If you're fortunate enough to have picked up a Microsoft Surface Duo recently, you'll be glad to know that the team at Xbox has begun testing dual screen support for using touch controls with select Xbox Cloud Gaming titles.
This has been rolled out as part of the latest update to the Xbox Game Pass Beta app, allowing games with bespoke, dedicated touch controls on the service to feature the controls on the bottom screen, and the display on the top.
Windows Central has tested the feature, and says "the ergonomics really make playing games on Surface Duo feel right," and some games such as Gears 5 even offer support for motion controls with the device's built-in gyro.
There's no word on when this will roll out to the main app, but hopefully it won't be too long!
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Only now they're doing that?
They need to fix single screen support. xCloud runs TERRIBLY in comparison to something like Stadia. I watched their recent YouTube video on cloud gaming so hopped onto my phone & it couldn't load DOOM Eternal. Tried a weaker game, Undertale, and it froze on the load screen. I then tried Remote Play and that failed too. Keep in mind I played it in the same room as my Series X and the internet speed runs at 1GB/s on 5GHz wifi. Meanwhile able to run Stadia on my phone on a weaker connection with 35/mbps. Rant over. Wish it would work better & I know it's only a matter of time
@Kilamanjaro really? I don’t have those issues. I mean it’s not perfect, but I haven’t had near the issues your having at all. And we only have pseudo 5G in my area. I played through a good chunk of New Super Lucky’s Tale/DQ11 S that way.
@mousieone yeah I'm not sure why I'm having the issue. I'm staying hopeful, I know the potential so know it's only a matter of time before it's running buttery smooth. I did a test again yesterday with Minecraft Dungeons on Gamepass Mobile & didn't get past the title screen. Then opened up Cyberpunk 2077 on Stadia & was able to jump into that game with no issues. I just ordered the phone clip for the Xbox controller so I can do some Remote Play or xCloud, so hope it gets fixed soon.
@Kilamanjaro I had some similar issues when xCloud was in Beta, even when my phone was within 1m of my wifi router. Anyway, I found the issue in the end was with my phone not being up to the task for whatever reason, my Wife's phone and tablet worked fine and then when I upgraded my phone that also worked fine, for reference I'm currently using an Sony Xperia 1ii whereas the older phone that had issues was a CAT S41.
About time. I have a LG V60 Dual screen and it would be amazing to be able to use my second screen as part of the game too.
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