Available for now only on Android devices, xCloud is preparing to land on browsers and iOS devices as well, continuing to expand more and more and bring the vast catalog of the Xbox Game Pass (or at least a part) on more and more devices.
In fact, some images showing the xCloud browser interface have been leaked and it seems that a public demonstration will be given in the spring.
Similar to the interface for Android, the web version features a series of dashboards related to the games just added to the subscription and to those that will soon come out of the catalog, as well as the entire list of games and a series of buttons to filter by genre.
The games will launch in fullscreen and an Xbox pad will need to be connected in order to play.
The technical specifications of the service still remain a mystery: required bandwidth, resolution, framerate for example have not yet been revealed. What is known for now is that xCloud will only work on browsers that rely on Chromium, such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge; exactly like Stadia.
In addition to the web version however, Microsoft plans to include xCloud also in the PC version of the Xbox application.
In short, Xbox Game Pass is expanding like wildfire reaching more and more devices. Will xCloud be successful where Google Stadia has failed? The premises seem to be favorable to Microsoft.
