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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- If you want to stream the Xbox One game display to your Mac, you will have to install 'OneCast' from here: That software is a similar streaming client like the Xbox app for Windows 10. After setting up the software, make sure the software finds the Xbox One on the network, and then play.
- There is already an app for MacOS and iOS called OneCast. You can download it from the iTunes Store, and allows you to stream your Xbox One to your iOS or Mac device. Did my post help you? Please click on 'Yes' below or choose it as the answer to your problem.
- Don't wait for Microsoft. There is already an app for MacOS and iOS called OneCast. You can download it from the iTunes Store, and allows you to stream your Xbox One to your iOS or Mac device. Did my post help you?
- If you have a late-2020 MacBook Air/13' MacBook Pro with a M1 Apple Silicon processor, you can run any iPhone/iPad app you want. Game streaming works flawlessly on my MacBook Air! Fullscreen is available by the way, does not have to run windowed. Follow these steps.
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).
Other than that, I love that I can now easily stream my movies to the Xbox One. SofaPlay for Mac is $4.99 at the App Store. There is a free lite version available, but it is limited to just two.
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.