Xbox's September 2024 update is quite a biggie, with features like game update preloads coming as a handy new feature for the next console update. However, as part of today's news, Microsoft has also announced that it plans to shut down the Xbox Game Pass mobile app.
Starting in November 2024, when new downloads of the Game Pass app will no longer be possible, Microsoft will be "streamlining the mobile app experience". As a result, Xbox Game Pass app features, such as library browsing and membership management, will move over to the main Xbox mobile app.
"Key features – like the ability to explore Game Pass and manage your membership – will now be found in one place with the Xbox app on mobile. You’ll be able to browse the full Game Pass catalog to find your favorite games and stay in the loop with alerts for new games coming to the service.
If you’re a Game Pass Ultimate member, you’ll also be able to view and claim your Perks. As part of these changes, we will no longer support new downloads of the Xbox Game Pass app, starting in November."
As long as Microsoft successfully squeezes all of these Game Pass features into the Xbox mobile app, we think this is a good move - it certainly makes things less confusing for the general user. It perhaps marks less of a Game Pass focus over on mobile, but still, we don't really think Microsoft needed two separate apps for the service - as long as all of the relevant features soon appear in the main Xbox app.
If you'd like to read more about the general September update, do check out our recent story on that down below.
Do You Use The Game Pass Mobile App? (552 votes)
- Yes, all the time!
- Sometimes, yeah
- Hardly ever
- Nope, never used it!
What do you think of this news? Tell us if you used the app in the poll up above!
[source news.xbox.com]
Comments 18
I'd really like the ability to use the groups and clubs features in the mobile app, where it could actually be useful and user friendly.
To be honest neither app has the ability to download games to my Xbox drive expansion which is the one feature I would like, otherwise I've always had to my stuff to that and keep my internal storage empty ish or move to the expansion drive. If I download on the console it knows which one to select, but not on the apps. But 1 app is sure better than 2 for sure!
It always low level bothered me that I had one app for cloud streaming, and then a different app for console streaming. All my "Xbox" stuff should be in one place.
I will never understand why it was ever a separate app to begin with....
Happy to have everything in one place. Makes more sense than two apps.
I haven’t been able to stream from my Xbox for ages now, so hopefully the combined app fixes that.
Can’t stream to my PC either though, so it’s more likely my Xbox console is the issue.
In a year's time there will be separate mobile apps for Game Pass Core, Game Pass Standard, Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass.
No, seriously though, condensing the two apps into one is long overdue.
Maybe I’m reading too much into this, but anything Xbox decides to sunset at this point (hello, Ambassador Program) feels one step closer to the sunsetting of Microsoft creating consoles as a whole.
Xbox had an Xbox mobile app, an Xbox Game Pass mobile app, and beta versions of each. The console rewards apps were combined so these should follow suit.
Both apps not working for me.
Uk. Just stays on silver Xbox logo.
Yeah be nice to have just one app. Seemed silly to have two apps. I think originally they were kept separate as they were managed by tie different teams internally. /rumor
While your at it, combine the windows store and the pc gamepass app as well.
Bring back purchases to the app. God I really miss that feature.
How would we play are cloud games now then?
@CutchuSlow I have to assume they'll be moving that feature to the main app.
Good riddance. It is clunky, a waste of screen space, and just plain dumb to have two apps for one game console. I will not be sad to see it go.
@Vordus oh I see thank you
Already found an issue in the Xbox beta app where the stuff has moved to. In the game pass tab on there it doesn't have a search function for games only on game pass which I find useful on the current game pass app.
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