Microsoft has started with the Xbox Cloud Gaming integration on Xbox. From now on, users of the Xbox Insider program will be able to try out what the experience of playing all these titles offered through Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is like without having to install anything, they simply have to select the game and that's it.
Xbox Cloud Gaming comes to Microsoft consoles
One of the indisputable attractions of cloud gaming or via streaming is to be able to enjoy a wide variety of titles anywhere and without worrying about whether you have the necessary hardware for it. Just a client, a good internet connection and that's it. You can play triple A titles even from a mobile device like a smartphone or tablet.
However, offering the same thing to those who do have a good PC Gaming or a console where they could enjoy these games natively might seem a bit strange, right? Well, it is partly yes, but it is what Microsoft has just done with the integration of Xbox Cloud Gaming on its Xbox Series X, Series S and Xbox One consoles. And yes, it makes a lot of sense.
Firstly because it was what Phil Spencer promised and secondly because you can test titles without installing anything or simply play them when your needs to do it at the highest quality are not something unquestionable. Of course, to enjoy this new option you will have to be within the Xbox Insider program.
Only users of the Alpha Skip-Ahead and Alpha rings can currently access all the titles available on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate through cloud play. So if you are one of them, you can test if a title convinces you or not before having to delete another one that you already have installed in case the storage unit is full or low on space.
You can also even play titles that you don't need to run at the highest quality as we said before, with the maximum quality being 1080p and 60 frames per second. And if all this were not enough, you have the option to be able to broadcast live as long as you have a very good internet connection as Microsoft clarifies.
Finally, because the service is available for Xbox One, it is also the ideal way to expand your catalog with the exclusive titles of the new generation.
How to try xCloud on your Xbox console
In order to start testing this possibility of running Xbox games via streaming instead of the usual way, you must be, as we said at the beginning, a user of the Insider program. This is not something limited to a select few and all you have to do if you want to participate is sign up.
El registration process in the Xbox Insider program It's as simple as you can see below:
- Access the Microsoft Store from your console (Xbox Series X, Series S and Xbox One)
- Use the search engine to find the Xbox Insider Pack
- Once it appears on the screen, click on install
- With the Xbox Insider Hub app installed, the next step is to open it
- Select Xbox update preview and hit join
- Now you only have to select the ring you want to join and you will be inside with the privileges and "risks" that each one offers
We say about risks because testing these early console software updates is sometimes not ideal due to possible execution problems. Like any other beta, they are versions made to test the news and refine details until the final version is released for all users. But if you can't wait to try things like streaming gameplay from your Xbox, go ahead.