Xbox will shut down popular Game Pass feature and players have just months to adapt
IN this age of technology, most consoles have an app so that you can purchase and download games to your console from your phone.
This means you can download games while you’re out and about, and they’ll be ready to play when you get home to your console.
Xbox currently has two apps for its console: the main Xbox app, and one specifically for Xbox Game Pass.
The Game Pass app is, as the name suggests, for Game Pass subscribers so they can browse the library and download games they are interested in.
You can also do this from Xbox’s main app, but there you can also see the games you own to download.
Android players can also stream games from the cloud to their phones directly through the app for remote play.
However, starting in November, Microsoft plans to integrate its Xbox services together into one app.
This not only includes the main Xbox app and the Game Pass app, but also features like party chat, text chat and access to game captures.
The update reads: “These updates will be available for Xbox beta members on mobile and will be coming to everyone soon.
“As part of these changes, we will no longer support new downloads of the Xbox Game Pass app, starting in November.”
There are mixed feelings among the Xbox community about the changes coming to the Xbox mobile apps.
Some find the Xbox app already difficult to navigate and think it will only become more difficult to find what you want once the apps are integrated.
The integration of the apps also includes the removal of cloud streaming for Android users.
Following the change, both Android and iOS users will only be able to stream games from the cloud through their browsers.
On the other hand, it will be useful to only have to download one app for all of your Xbox needs, with the exception of cloud gaming.
One of the biggest changes is that not only will you be able to download games from your phone, but you can download updates as well.
The updates feature is currently only available for a handful of games, but more will apparently be added in the future.
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