Xbox Game Pass seems to be everywhere. Your console, your PC, your mobile, probably even the kitchen sink. Joining the roster of seemingly everything, it now appears official Xbox Game Pass support for Android TVs could be arriving relatively soon.
The report comes from 9to5Google, which claims a dive into the recent 2107 update for the Xbox Game Pass for Android app "starts the path for official Android TV support" by enabling access to Game Pass from the Android TV and Google TV homescreen. While nothing has been said about official support as of yet, it seems Microsoft is laying the foundations to formally bring Xbox Game Pass to Android TV.
As clarified by 9to5Google, it has been possible to sideload the Xbox Game Pass application onto an Android TV through external software until now, but the site reports high latency issues that make it pretty pointless to try out.
Xbox Game Pass for Android launched last year and has proved extremely successful. It's continuously grown since then, with the team improving latency issues and ironing out other features. Microsoft plans to go even further in the future with Cloud Gaming sticks for TV. These dongles will allow users to stream games straight to their TV, and it all sounds really cool.
It's great to see so many options for players. The more the merrier in our opinion, as more Xbox games are opened up to a wider range of people to dive in and try out.
Will you benefit from Xbox Game Pass coming to Android TV? Let us know in the comments below.
[source 9to5google.com]
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Roku better be next
Roku soon after, or even better-make their own.
It's scary to think of the potential user base this opens the service up to.
Heads up
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AWESOME news, will def factor that in when I buy new tv's in November! Xbox making all the right moves!
Absolutely bonkers. Xbox making moves that would have exploded my head as a child and saved my parents a lot of headaches. Kudos for the ingenuity.
Oof, Stadia taking another L....
Waiting for those TV sticks from Microsoft I'm actually shocked how well cloud gaming works for me. Game Pass Ultimate (cloud included) is easily one of the best things ever to happen to gaming!
@SplooshDmg
Agree 100%. To be honest with you, I can see XSX/S being the last consoles at this point. I played Halo 2 on my home network and was blown away by how well it performed. There were a few slowdowns here and there, but it was otherwise flawless. The mere fact that I can start and play a game like Halo or Doom in a matter of seconds on any laptop/tablet (and soon TV) is just amazing.
And so it begins...full gamepass integration, soon we will have it uploaded into our very minds. =)
@SplooshDmg
Last gen I did not even consider buying an Xbox. This gen I started with an XSX, later switched to PS5/XSS combo. I just hope MS, Sony and Nintendo stay on top of their game as Google, Amazon, Tencent and Netflix are already looking into changing the status quo in the gaming industry. I'm happy MS seems to be making their gaming ecosystem futureproof with Game Pass and cloud gaming.
@SplooshDmg
To be honest with you, I only bought the PS5 to be able to play the soon-to-be console exclusives like Horizon, God of War and The Last of Us 3 (whenever it comes out). Other than that, I have only been playing PS4 games on it because nothing that came out on PS5 so far tickles my fancy. Makes me wonder if I'll hold out till TLoU3 hits, or do as you did and just swap my XSS for XSX. Only time will tell
@SplooshDmg How things change... I wonder what's the narrative of Push Square and Sony die-hard fans now that Sony's games are coming to Windows and the We believe in generations next-gen games have become cross-gen...?
@BlueOcean
Take a gander at some of the posts on Push Square and you'll see much of the fanbase is pissed off at Jimbo and his antics. This guy should be selling hot dogs at a seaside resort, not running one of the biggest gaming companies in the world. I'm not a fanboy but I'm displeased with him as the boss of Playstation, to say the least. The delays to Horizon FW, God of War Ragnarok and Gran Turismo 7 are rumoured to be caused by the need to make them playable on the base PS4 (which is nuts in my book).
@SplooshDmg
I used to have a decent gaming laptop, but that was in 2016. Now the only thing it's good for is playing my collection of GOG games (just bought Soldier of Fortune 😁). I thought about buying a gaming PC, but when I saw how much I'd have to pay it just doesn't make sense to me.
@gollumb82 That makes sense, I mean, Jim selling hot dogs 😂.
The delayed games is because of what you said, likely. Nintendo needed a full year (Wii U and Switch have completely different architecture) to port Breath of the Wild to Switch as explained in one of the Iwata Asks. I guess it's faster between PS4 and PS5 that share a common architecture.
@gollumb82 @SplooshDmg I just found this:
https://in-ign-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/in.ign.com/ps5/163587/news/ps4-games-pc-sony-nixxes?amp_js_v=a6&_gsa=1&=1&usqp=mq331AQIKAGwASCAAgM%3D#aoh=16276987905412&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fin.ign.com%2Fps5%2F163587%2Fnews%2Fps4-games-pc-sony-nixxes
@BlueOcean
Yup. It was big news on Push Square a day or two ago, as you can imagine. Most guys are upset about that and some even threaten to sell their PS5/buy a PC. Admitedly, it must be painful facing up to a reality Xbox users are already accustomed to. By this I mean especially not being able to say: we have exclusives, you don't. I even read comments from guys being disappointed with the fact that not only does Xbox have games, but it also has 2 major games in the pipeline this year while PS has nothing.
@gollumb82 It's a 180° turn. The Windows ports, the cross-gen games and the Xbox-shaped controller. Nothing wrong about it if it wasn't for the fact that Sony said "We believe in generations and games that are exclusively built for PS5" and scorned Series X/S not long ago.
@BlueOcean
Exactly. I wouldn't have bought a PS5 yet if I hadn't been so fed up with playing demanding games (TLoU2, God of War etc) on my PS4 PRO, which was generating so much noise that I could hear it even with my headset on. I'm not even going to talk about the heat it emitted.
@gollumb82 My PS4 sounds like a jet engine and the heat warms up the room. My gaming backlog is huge so I don't mind waiting for the odd Sony game that I want to play to come to Windows. I'm honestly happy that I didn't buy a PS5. When Xbox One and PS4 launched, the PS4 was more attractive a priori because it was cheaper, smaller and had the power unit built in so I bought a PS4 before an Xbox One but now it's exactly the opposite, everything about Series X is more attractive than PS5.
@SplooshDmg 🤣
@SplooshDmg
Hahah! Push Square Asylum? 🙃 Makes perfect sense for you to stick to PC then.
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