Microsoft will expand its cloud gaming efforts to mobile Safari on the iPhone and iPad as promised, with an expected launch in spring 2021.

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Xbox Game Pass for PC. Access over 100 high-quality PC games on Windows 10 and an EA Play membership (subscription continues automatically at regular price). Download and play new games from Xbox Game Studios the day they release—plus recent blockbusters and critically-acclaimed indie games. With exclusive member deals and discounts and a. You can play Xbox One games on Mac using an app that allows you to stream your Xbox to your Mac, just like Windows users can. This works best on your home connection, but you can set it up to play. Through a post on their Xbox blog, Microsoft announces that their Xbox Game Pass service will be available in browsers like Safari in the coming weeks. Cloud gaming on the browser will open to all Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members the next few weeks. Players will be gaming on almost any device by using Edge, Chrome, and Safari support. Xbox Game Pass requires a controller to play. Although within the catalog of games available on Xbox Game Pass there are some other titles (Minecraft for example) that can be played using the touch screen of our device, the vast majority of titles require a controller compatible with this streaming game service.

But even the iOS games that are not officially available on the Mac App Store yet, like Call of Duty: Mobile, work alright and, thanks to the latest Big Sur 11.1 update, you can easily play them.

Cloud gaming is the next frontier on mobile and while Apple's rules restrict these games to streaming in Safari platforms are still jumping on board. Microsoft previously promised to push its project xCloud to iOS and iPadOS, and now we have a timeline.

Xbox Vice President Jerret West shared the plans for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in a blog post. The post covers how quickly Xbox Game Pass is being adopted and how this will push their initiative to expand to more devices.

Starting in spring 2021, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate will arrive on iOS and iPadOS devices in beta. Users will access the service via the Safari web browser, which is a requirement set by Apple's game streaming guidelines. In order for the service to exist natively on iOS, Xbox would need to submit all of the games available on Game Pass to the App Store for review, which isn't ideal.

Nvidia GeForce Now was one of the first game streaming services to launch on mobile Safari with the ability to play compatible games purchased on Steam. Amazon Luna launched in October with a limited sign-up program and a proprietary controller. Other services like Google Stadia have already promised future compatibility with mobile Safari, though Playstation Now remains a holdout.

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