Microsoft has finally launched and for all its users the Xbox app for Windows 10, also for the most recent version of your operating system (Windows 11). From now on, PC users will be able to enjoy the game service via streaming and remote play without having to participate in the Xbox Insiders program and from a native application, no web browser.
Xbox Cloud Gaming and Xbox Remote Play coming to Windows
Until now, Windows users had to resort to the browser and belong to the Insiders program to be able to access two of the most interesting services of the company at the moment: Xbox CloudGaming (still known by many as xCloud) and Xbox RemotePlay.
With the first one you will know that you can enjoy the entire catalog of games available on Xbox Game Pass. In this way, just by having a device that allows access to the service and an internet connection, you can play as much as you want. Something ideal for when you are traveling or do not have a PC or console with enough power to run these titles. And it is that all of them run on the company's own servers, which send you the video signal.
The second allows you to play remotely also from a PC or mobile device connected to your Xbox console. So it is on it that the game is running and not on the company's servers. Thus, taking advantage of your own Xbox Series X, Series S or Xbox One console, you can connect directly from your own local home network or via Internet. Something really interesting, although you will depend on two connections: the one from your house and the one from the place from which you connect.
Well, now these two options officially arrive and for all through the Xbox app for Windows. This supposes important advantages, because you no longer have to depend on a browser but you can use a native application. This is always interesting and, above all, much more comfortable no matter how much we are used to the web browser.
Regarding the operation, here few or no changes really compared to the experience that is enjoyed in the browser. That is, a Bluetooth or USB connected game controller and an active Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription are required.
How to download the Xbox app for Windows
The new update for the Xbox app for Windows is now available in the Miscrosoft app store. This is free, so to get it you just have to go to this web address and hit the get button in case you didn't have it yet. If it is already like that, you can update and that's it.
In addition to access to the Xbox Game Pass catalog of games and remote play from your Xbox Series X/S and One, this application also allows you to do other things like see what your friends are playing, chat with them on the console, mobile or PC and even buy games, DLC content and other add-ons.
In other words, the application unifies in one place everything you can do regarding leisure and video games.