The Xbox app keeps you connected to your friends, games, and console even when you aren’t home. Share game clips and screenshots, chat with your friends using voice or text chat, and enjoy seamless game streaming and gameplay on any platform imaginable!
The app now features a compact mode designed to enhance user experience on devices like the Asus ROG Ally and makes downloading and installing games remotely easier.
Remote Play
If you want to play Xbox Series X games on your mobile phone, the new Xbox app has your needs covered. With remote play capabilities that let you stream games installed on your console to your phone and control them as if in person, download new titles directly onto it, manage profiles and friend lists, access profiles/friend lists directly and even communicate via direct messages with friends!
Beginning your Xbox experience is straightforward. Simply launch the Xbox app and sign in using your Microsoft account, while using a wireless connection for remote play on a mobile device running at least iOS 7.0 or Android 4.4.2 or later OS version. Check that your WiFi connection is stable and fast before closing unnecessary background applications to optimize performance; moving closer to your router or switching to 5GHz networks might help resolve some connectivity issues as well.
The Xbox app provides extensive remote control features, such as scrolling menus, starting and stopping media playback, entering text inputs, downloading Game Pass titles and accessing console settings, according to Microsoft. You can even share gameplay clips with friends using this app using either your phone’s camera to record video, or selecting an existing clip in your library and selecting “Send to Xbox One” to directly send it onto your console.
This app can also be used to remotely download games and install them onto your console while away from home, with Wi-Fi connectivity supporting streaming speeds over 10Mbps or data plans with at least this speed down and upload. Xbox One and Series X/S games can currently be streamed directly into this app; only Xbox One, Series X, S, and GTS titles can currently be streamed directly. It can also help remotely set up new consoles remotely while installing games or changing settings – even while it updates! It features a universal search function which lets users look up games/gamers/app features etc.
Game Clips
Game clips are an easy and exciting way to share the joy and experience of gaming with family, friends and the wider world. The Xbox app for Windows 11/10 makes creating and editing game highlights easy – you can then upload them onto gaming or social media platforms! Plus there’s even a live feed of other people’s clips being created and shared!
Microsoft is developing a feature that will allow gamers to automatically sync game clips and screenshots taken during gameplay to the Xbox app on PCs. This preview version will soon become available to Xbox Insiders in both Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead rings of Xbox Insider Program.
Navigating to the Game Clips section, you can access and download your game clips in the Xbox app on both iOS and Android devices for easier editing and access. Plus, this mobile gaming platform enables you to collaborate with friends when playing together!
The XBOX APP provides remote control capabilities for your Xbox console and can also be used to view gameplay videos and screenshots. Plus, its free download offers numerous features to add extra depth and enjoyment to your gaming experience!
With its latest update, XBOX APP now supports game clip downloading and editing functions. These new capabilities support both high- and low-resolution gameplay video clips. In addition to trimming/renaming game clips you can now add titles/captions/effects as desired to them – plus advanced search for your gamertag as well as browsing of friends profiles through this application!
To activate this feature, launch the Xbox app and click “Game DVR.” You will see a slider appear that allows you to record game clips, screenshots, and broadcasts using Game Bar; slide this button ON to activate it and your ‘Game DVR’ section will showcase all recorded and saved clips from PC and mobile devices alike.
Direct Messages
The Xbox App now provides gamers on-the-go with direct messages capabilities for multiplayer gaming sessions. Users can stay in contact with friends and parties even when not at their Series X or One consoles by using smartphones with text messaging capability and microphone integration to chat directly through direct messages.
Discord, the voice-chat partner of Xbox, now allows mobile users to transfer DM conversations directly onto consoles from desktops and smartphones – enabling players from any platform to continue conversations seamlessly from within Xbox (according to Microsoft).
Gamers will have the option to set customizable message safety filters — such as Friendly, Moderate, Mature, Unfiltered and Custom — on private messages, message requests, shared media files and more – available under Settings > Online Safety & Family > Message Filtering. Parents can monitor these filters through Family settings feature.
The Xbox app continues to provide valuable remote control features, such as initiating game installs and updating games. Furthermore, users are able to play certain games or clips directly from the console with their phone as well as second screen functionality for supported content.
Party Chat
The Xbox app helps gamers stay connected with their gaming community even when not on the same console. This free app enables voice chat between gamers, sharing game clips and screenshots, inviting friends to games, inviting others into multiplayer lobby sessions on Xbox, streaming lobbies to phones for mobile gamers that wish to stay up-to-date, etc.
The latest update of Xbox app brings party chat functionality to mobile devices for the first time, previously only available on consoles and Windows 10 apps. Gamers can now communicate through text and voice chat on phones or tablets as well as join Xbox live communities for game related news and updates from friends.
Gamers on Android or iOS devices can now join Xbox parties by opening the Xbox app and selecting its social tab, then tapping the three people icon in the top right corner. They can then select their three friend icon from within this tab to invite one or more to their party; once sent, their friend will receive notifications both on console/PC/phone as well as within Xbox app itself.
Microsoft is striving to transform its Xbox app into a hub of all gaming activities, from party chat and game purchases, subscription management, and subscription renewal. Competing against Sony’s Play Station 4, this new version of Microsoft’s Xbox app even enables gamers to stay in contact with friends even when away from console or computer access.
Xbox is available to both Android and iOS users and for more information visit its official website. Several third-party applications exist that can help gamers record Xbox audio and party chat, though these applications may contain malware. Unless fully aware of their potential risks it’s advised that gamers avoid these programs altogether.
