Xbox game streaming might be coming to the iPhone soon

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  • Xbox game streaming might soon be available for iPhone and iPad, although it won't be in the form of the xCloud game streaming app that just launched on Android.
  • Microsoft has submitted its Xbox app to the App Store, and is waiting for approval.
  • The app would allow iPhone users to play games installed on their Xbox consoles directly on the iPhone or iPad via a local network.

Microsoft released its cloud gaming service a few days ago on Android. Unfortunately, iPhone support was not included, and it might not get cloud streaming anytime soon. Whether it’s xCloud, Stadia, or any other service, cloud game streaming apps have to abide by a new set of App Store rules that Apple announced a few days ago. One of them is extraordinarily cumbersome, as it essentially forces providers of cloud streaming games to create a separate app for each game that can be streamed through the service.

But another set of App Store rules could soon make a different kind of streaming possible on the iPhone and iPad for gamers who want to play Xbox games on their mobile devices. Only for this product, you won’t be beaming games from Microsoft servers. Instead, they would run on the Xbox console that you have in your home.

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