Microsoft is launching its Xbox TV app connected prime Amazon Fire TV Sticks today. The app, which Microsoft first announced past month, provides entree to Xbox Cloud Gaming, allowing subscribers of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to watercourse a assortment of Xbox titles to immoderate Fire TV devices.
The Xbox app will initially beryllium disposable only connected nan Fire TV 4K Max (2023) and Fire TV Stick 4K (2023) and will beryllium identical to nan aforesaid app disposable connected Samsung’s caller TVs and monitors. All you’ll request is simply a compatible Fire TV Stick, a Bluetooth-enabled wireless controller, and an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription to watercourse Xbox games.
Microsoft is moving to let Xbox Cloud Gaming to watercourse your full Xbox library, and not conscionable titles that are portion of Game Pass. That’s expected to get successful nan coming months, albeit apt pinch immoderate games excluded owed to publishers that aren’t consenting to beryllium portion of Xbox Cloud Gaming.
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Microsoft antecedently promised that Xbox Cloud Gaming would support your existing crippled room by nan extremity of 2022, but that has been importantly delayed. Microsoft also scrapped plans to motorboat a dedicated subscription type of Xbox Cloud Gaming, and a dedicated Xbox unreality gaming console was canceled owed to pricing issues.
The Xbox app motorboat connected Amazon’s Fire TV Sticks marks nan first clip specified an app has launched connected a instrumentality different than Samsung’s TVs and monitors. Microsoft has been leaning into getting its Xbox TV app connected much devices, alternatively than producing unreality gaming hardware. Microsoft besides worked pinch Meta to motorboat an Xbox Cloud Gaming app for Quest VR headsets, and I’d expect to spot this aforesaid Xbox app proceed to show up connected much devices successful nan future.