The promise of game streaming technology is that you don’t need a console or a high-end gaming PC to play games. Instead, powerful remote servers do the heavy lifting, allowing you to play games on a phone, tablet, smart TV, or just about any other device… including a PC.
When Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming service first launched, it was only available on Android phones and tablets. Earlier this year Microsoft brought it to PCs and iOS devices… through a web app. Now Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to the Xbox App for Windows.
Integration with the Xbox app means you can basically turn any Windows PC into a gaming PC without opening a web browser. Just connect a wired or wireless game controller to your PC, open up the Xbox app, and click the Cloud Games button to get started.
But for now you will need a few things to play:
- An Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership (which runs $15 per month)
- A speedy internet connection (10Mbps download speeds are recommended)
For now you’ll also need to be a member of the Windows Insider program testing a prerelease-preview version of Windows 10 in order to use Cloud Gaming with the Xbox app. Everyone else will still need to use the web app.
via Microsoft
Does the browser version work with Firefox? How about Firefox in Linux?