Tag: Xbox App
News Xbox's PC App Brings Refreshed Home Experience To All Users
Including a refined Game Pass experience
Following a lengthy round of Xbox Insider testing, Microsoft has brought its refreshed Home Experience to all PC users today. The Xbox team says that this new UI makes it "faster and easier to find favorite games and discover great new titles to play" with Xbox on PC. On the surface, this all looks and...
News Xbox Delays Major New Features For Android, Google Responds In Frustration
"We are eager to launch"
It was back in the early part of October that Xbox's Sarah Bond announced a plan to bring major new features to the Xbox app on Android devices - specifically the ability to "play and purchase" games directly from it. That's still the plan, and it was supposed to happen this month, but a "temporary administrative stay" has...
News Xbox PC App Criticised For 'Slow Downloads' Following Black Ops 6 Update
It wasn't the smoothest of rollouts
The first season of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 officially arrived yesterday, and that meant a huge update arrived for the game across all platforms. The update seemed to go smoothly for most... aside from on the Xbox App for PC. Yesterday, one of the biggest trends on Google (yes, we obviously monitor those!) was...
News Xbox App Search Function Finally Sees Improvements In Latest Update
Hurrah!
Searching for content on Xbox has always been a bit hit and miss, and that extends to secondary devices like mobile as well. Players have long complained about the usefulness — or lack thereof — of the search bar on the Xbox app on mobile, and well, Microsoft seems to be making some changes. A new update for the Xbox app has just gone...
News Xbox PC App Gets New Performance Indicator, More Game Collections
Among other features
Microsoft has unveiled its latest update for the Xbox App for PC, and it brings a pretty major feature in the form of a 'Performance Indicator'. This addition basically predicts how well a game will run on your PC, based on its performance on similar setups. "Now the app compares the game’s performance on PCs with similar...
News Xbox Is Adding 'Stories' To The Mobile App Because Why Not?
Stories, stories everywhere
Remember when Instagram was the only platform that featured 'Stories'? You know, the limited-time pictures and clips that'd eventually disappear into thin air? Us neither, as every social media site under the sun has copied the idea since. And now, it's Xbox's turn. Aussie Xbox fans will be the first to experience the...
Soapbox Remote Play Is One Of Xbox's Most Underrated Features
Even if you have a slow internet connection
Like many Xbox users out there, I'd never really paid much attention to the Remote Play feature on PC, Android and iOS until recently. In the past, I'd occasionally used it for things like grabbing screenshots of pre-release games for reviews, or just casually checking apps like Microsoft Rewards on my...
News The Xbox App's Search Bar Is Getting A Lot Of Negative Feedback
"Absolutely terrible. Embarrassing for Xbox."
We've been seeing a lot of negativity directed towards the search bar on the Xbox app for mobile devices recently, and the most recent example stems from a post over on the Xbox Series X Reddit community about the situation. It's been noted on various occasions that sometimes, when you search for a...
News The Xbox App Now Allows You To Install PC Games To Any Folder
And mod more games
Update (Wed 2nd Mar, 2022): Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox App updates on PC are now available to everyone, allowing you to install games to any folder of your choice, as well as get to access to files for select titles. The Xbox team also says that this update enables the "ability to mod more games". "You won’t have...
PSA Xbox Is Trialling A New Way To Earn 100s Of Daily Microsoft Rewards Points
Earn thousands more points per-month
We're always on the lookout for new ways to top up our Microsoft Rewards balance, and while the following method has been trialled by random Xbox users for a while, it seems like it's rolling out to even more people, particularly in the UK. That said, Microsoft is still classing this as a trial for now, and it's...
News The Xbox PC App Now Features Remote Play And xCloud Streaming
Stream your favourite console games to your PC
Good news! As of today, Microsoft has begun publicly rolling out Remote Play and Xbox Cloud Gaming integration into the Xbox App for Windows 10, meaning you can stream your favourite console games on your PC. In regards to xCloud, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members in 22 countries can access Xbox Cloud...
News Here's A Look At Achievements As Part Of The (New) Xbox Mobile App
It reportedly starts rolling out today
When the option to view Achievements was removed following the release of the new Xbox mobile app last year, it was an odd decision - but now they’re coming back and fans are over the moon. It’s been a long time coming, but the ability to view Achievements on the go is starting to roll out today, and...
News The Xbox Mobile App Is Finally Adding In Some 'Missing' Features
Update: Starting with Achievements this month
Update (Tue 9th Mar, 2021 22:00 GMT): Microsoft has confirmed today that Achievements will be the first of these "missing features" to be added back into the Xbox mobile app, starting with a limited set of players: "Achievements are returning! We heard the fan feedback that our community wants...
News Xbox Mobile App Update Coming Soon, But No Sign Of A Store Or Achievements
It's still missing some key features
The new Xbox app has brought some excellent additions to Android and iOS ever since it was released late last year (such as remote play), but it's also been missing some key features. Now, The Verge's Tom Warren has highlighted that a new update is in the works for the app introducing plenty of additions such as...
News You'll Be Able To Change Your Gamerpic With The New Xbox App Soon
Get ready to customise on the go
Rejoice! It appears that the ability to change your Xbox gamerpic is returning to the Xbox app on both iOS and Android. As spotted by one eagle eyed Reddit user, a recent update to the Xbox Beta app has added the function to change your gamer picture. According to the patch notes, users will be able to set their...
News The New Xbox App Is Cool, But It's Missing Some Key Features
Fans have been quick to point them out
The new Xbox app for mobile finally launched on iOS and Android back on Monday after being made available in Beta for the past few weeks, and the reception so far has been somewhat mixed. On the plus side, it includes some fantastic features such as a streamlined set-up feature for new consoles (including the...
Random The New Xbox App's Shade Of Green Is Causing Mild Frustration
"Why Xbox, why?"
Here's a story we didn't think we'd ever be reporting on! Ever since the release of the new Xbox mobile app for iOS users earlier this week, some fans have been pointing out a particularly off-putting aspect of its design - its shade of green is different from the other Xbox apps on the platform. It's the end of the world as we...
News New Xbox Mobile App Brings Remote Play To Apple Users
Stream your console to your phone
It was back in late September that Microsoft released a new Xbox mobile app for Android users, and following a brief testing period, that same app is also now available for Apple users on iOS. The app introduces a ton of new and improved features, including streamlined notifications for parties, chats and new...
News The New Xbox Mobile App Allows You To Download Games Before You Buy
Ordered a physical copy? Pre-load it ahead of time
Microsoft unveiled its new Xbox app for Android devices earlier today, but left out one key detail that you might be interested in - it allows you to download games on the Microsoft Store even if you don't own them. Obviously you need have the license in order to play these titles, but this could...
News Xbox Is Reportedly Getting A New, Overhauled Mobile App
Expected to be ready before Xbox Series X
Last week, screenshots were leaked of an upcoming Xbox Store redesign on consoles, which appears to be heading to Xbox One and Xbox Series X in the future. And now, Windows Central is reporting that the Xbox app for Android and iOS is also being rebuilt from the ground-up. According to the website's...
