Recently announced that users in the United States, the United Kingdom and South Korea will be able to join the testMicrosoft's streaming game service Project xCloudAfter the news, Microsoft has also launched the Xbox Game Streaming test project on the Google Play Store service, allowing users who are invited to participate in the Project xCloud test to use the function of streaming games from the Xbox One console to Android devices.
Basically, the Xbox Game Streaming function is part of the Project xCloud service, and its form is similar to playing PlayStation 4 platform game content on Xperia series phones through the Remote Play function.
Microsoft's Xbox Game Streaming feature not only allows users to directly stream games provided by the Project xCloud service, such as "Gears of War 5" and "Sea of Thieves," but also allows users to directly stream games stored on the Xbox One platform and play them through Android devices, and even stream remotely using Wi-Fi or mobile network connections.
The operation method is to connect the controller via Bluetooth. Users can play through a mobile phone or tablet with Android 6.0 or above operating system and Bluetooth 4.0 or above specifications, and use it with an Xbox One controller connected via Bluetooth (or a compatible Bluetooth controller).
Mashdigi tested its phones and found that almost all recently released phone models can install Xbox Game Streaming, including the Huawei P30 Pro, Xiaomi POCOPHONE F1, Razer Phone 2, ASUS ZenFone 6, Sony Xperia 1, Google Pixel 3, and Samsung Galaxy Note 10. As for iPhones and other models, they may have to wait for Microsoft to further open up.
To further use the full features of Xbox Game Streaming, users basically still need to join the Xbox Insider Program testing program to successfully use game streaming and other functions.
Microsoft has yet to announce the list of regions where Project xCloud will be available for testing after the US, UK, and South Korea, nor has it confirmed the official launch date for this streaming game service.
According to Microsoft's previous statement, the Project xCloud service will initially include at least 5000 game titles, and is currently compatible with more than 3500 games. At the same time, developers do not need to make additional adjustments or rewrites to allow game content to be used across platforms through Microsoft's cloud service.
