Microsoft has proposed to close the month of June in style and, in order not to lose the habit, continues to pamper subscribers to Game Pass Ultimate: Xbox Cloud Gaming, Microsoft’s cloud game, came to PC and iOS through of browsers . And in the process, take the opportunity to implement Xbox Series X technology in the service.
Let’s start from the essentials: Xbox Cloud Gaming is Microsoft’s cloud gaming alternative, so that your games are played remotely and over the internet, without having to depend on hardware, storage or updates. Plus, Xbox Cloud Game is included for free in Game Pass Ultimate subscription.
To date, Xbox Cloud Gaming was only available on Android devices. Now, and after a testing phase that began in spring, the official Xbox website announces that the game in the cloud is expanding to be played from browsers such as Chrome, Safari or Microsoft Edge in 22 countries. And, in the process, it lands on iOS devices like iPhone and iPad.
Given the Apple cops regarding the AppStore, the method used by Microsoft is to use browsers as a shortcut to offer Xbox Cloud Gaming on iOS. In fact, it is recommended that we enable a direct access if we enter Safari, so -in a way- the experience offered is very similar to that of a dedicated app.
That said, the fact that the iOS 14 update allows Xbox controllers to be associated natively and that there are more than 50 games optimized to be played with touch controls (from Dragon Quest XI and Killer Instinct to Minecraft Dungeons), makes the excuses to continue. our games, or starting new ones, have been reduced considerably. Especially with the arrival of summer.
Xbox Cloud Gaming wrapped in the power of Xbox Series X
The second great novelty deserves to be treated separately and has a lot to do with the improvement in the quality of the experience : since its launch, the data centers that Microsoft has used to move the game in the Xbox Cloud Gaming cloud were based on the technology of Xbox One S, with what visually the contrast was noticeable when playing on new generation consoles and the cloud.
Thus, taking advantage of the arrival of the game in the cloud to browsers, and that is already played on both iOS and Android, Microsoft gives the coup by announcing that Xbox Cloud Gaming will now work with custom Xbox Series X hardware.
According to Microsoft, global data centers have been updated with the fastest and most powerful Xbox hardware, dramatically reducing faster load times and promising a next-generation experience. Of course, at the moment they assure that it is being transmitted at 1080p and up to 60 fps , which is not bad, but they promise to improve the quality in the near future.
Microsoft continues to break down hardware barriers in order to play Game Pass, and that this happens practically coinciding with the arrival of summer is good news for everyone. On Xbox it has been proposed that we all play Forza Horizon 5 and Halo Infinite out, and we must admit that there is no way to resist.
