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Project xCloud, the Microsoft game-streaming service that comes packed as a bonus in certain Xbox Game Pass subscription plans, may finally have a path to working on Apple's range of iOS devices—well after a public row between the tech giants that put the possibility into question.

The news comes from a report by Business Insider, which claimed that an internal Microsoft meeting on Wednesday included a vote of confidence from Xbox chief Phil Spencer. 'We absolutely will end up on iOS,' Spencer reportedly said about getting its streamed Project xCloud game content onto iOS devices in '2021.'

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I wanted to make a discussion thread about the Xbox One/Windows 10 game streaming feature that is now available. I wasn't sure where to put this (Console vs Other OS) but I think this forum is the most appropriate. Of course, being a Mac forum we have two options: Running Windows 10 via boot camp, or a VM like Parallels. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is a game streaming service package that includes Xbox Game Pass, which gives you access to a big library of Xbox and PC titles, and Xbox Live Gold. More importantly, it gives you access to Xbox Cloud Gaming, which allows you to start playing certain Xbox games on other devices, like your iPhone or iPad.

Previously, Apple shot down existing versions of both Project xCloud (which has since been rolled into the 'Xbox Game Pass' app) and Google Stadia as iOS apps. Their public statements hinged on 'reviewing' the games included in the subscription against App Store guidelines, though the issue could also stem from in-app purchases within both Xbox and Stadia's offerings. Eventually, Apple offered a revised stance on such apps, but this onerous 'approval for every separate game' proposal comes with its own headaches, as opposed to a clear path toward a simple subscription service (as you'll find in popular iOS media apps like Netflix and Amazon Video).

Advertisement Roughly one month later, Amazon announced its own game-streaming service, Amazon Luna, which the company said

would work on iOS devices. How? Amazon's plan will skip the App Store and operate instead with a 'progressive Web application' inside of iOS' Safari app, which Apple cannot prohibit in the same way.

Unsurprisingly, this week's Microsoft meeting included a call to build a similar Web-based solution for getting xCloud running on iOS devices. That would likely broaden xCloud's reach to even more devices, and sure enough, The Verge later confirmed that the same meeting included a call to have xCloud running on Windows 10 devices in 2021.

What these reports don't clarify, however, is how xCloud's industry-leading latency measures, which make a serious difference in streaming twitchy video games from a server, will change when moving from a built-in app to one that routes its calls through a standard Web browser. Based on our tests of xCloud on Android, we're not sure that Microsoft has built a simple wrapper around a Web-based app—and thus the xCloud team probably has some work ahead of them to get up to speed on one of the planet's biggest operating systems.

After being available as a limited beta app, the new Xbox app for iOS is finally available on the App Store with the new “Remote Play” mode, which lets Xbox owners stream Xbox One games on the iPhone and iPad.

The Xbox app for iOS has been completely redesigned, and it brings some important new features, including the long-awaited Remote Play mode. iPhone and iPad users who also own an Xbox One can now play Xbox games right on their iOS devices via streaming.

As noted by The Verge, the Remote Play feature requires an Xbox One to work as it runs the game on the console and then streams it to the Xbox app on iOS and Android — so this is basically similar to the PS4 Remote Play app available for PlayStation 4.

Users can keep Xbox One connected at home and then stream the games on iPhone or iPad via Wi-Fi, LTE, and even 5G if you already have an iPhone 12. Microsoft also promises that the new Xbox app is faster and more intuitive compared to the previous version of the app.

Microsoft has no official plans to bring the xCloud platform to the iOS, which enables standalone gaming streaming through the web without an Xbox console. Apple forces game streaming platforms to run through Safari, which makes it difficult for projects like xCloud to operate on iOS.