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Microsoft has as we speak introduced that its cloud-based gaming subscription service, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, will probably be out there to iOS customers beginning Spring 2021.
The announcement detailed that, as anticipated, Game Pass won’t be coming to iOS through an app, however quite by means of an online browser.
In Spring 2021, we are going to take the subsequent step in our journey to attain extra gamers all over the world by making cloud gaming as a part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate out there on Windows PCs by means of the Xbox app and browser, and iOS units by means of cellular internet browser. By including over a billion units as a path to enjoying in the Xbox ecosystem, we envision a seamless expertise for all sorts of gamers; whether or not it is enjoying Minecraft Dungeons together with your Xbox buddies utilizing contact controls on an iPhone, or leaping right into a Destiny 2: Beyond Light strike on a Surface Pro when you could have a break between conferences.
Earlier this yr, plans to carry an Xbox streaming app to iOS stalled due to Apple’s App Store guidelines, which forbid apps from streaming a number of video games from the cloud through a single app. This is as a result of Apple believes that its incapacity to assessment every sport in the service’s library is a possible safety danger. Game Pass streaming would solely be viable if every sport was out there as its personal app below Apple’s guidelines.
As Microsoft urged earlier this yr, utilizing a browser as a substitute of an app permits the corporate to keep away from Apple’s App Store guidelines whereas nonetheless offering the identical service. Xbox chief Phil Spencer stated that Apple “remains open to the user experience we would like people to see.”
Microsoft’s video games streaming service is bundled as a part of the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription for $14.99 per 30 days, with greater than 100 video games out there.
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