Xbox Cloud Gaming To Arrive on Consoles Later This Year

<p>Xbox Cloud Gaming is a project meant to bring the console scene to PCs&comma; mobile phones&comma; and tablets when official hardware is not exactly available&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s purpose is definitely in the right place&comma; and all it takes is the app&comma; an active <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;xbox-game-pass-ruled-out-from-other-consoles&sol;">Game Pass Ultimate<&sol;a> subscription&comma; a signed-in Xbox account&comma; a controller&comma; and you&&num;8217&semi;re all set&period; Sounds relatively simple&comma; right&quest; Well&comma; it gets even better&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier today&comma; the team at Microsoft announced that the Xbox Cloud Gaming service will be making a jump to their home consoles&comma; being the Xbox Series X and Xbox One&period; A new trailer detailing some of this information was also shown&comma; and you can watch that below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;BomfVh2PSkM<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">Xbox Cloud Gaming&&num;8217&semi;s Console Release and Beta<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Microsoft originally unveiled the release window for cloud gaming on consoles at the Gamescom video game trade fair&period; The event normally takes place in Cologne&comma; Germany but has gone online-only this year due to the coronavirus pandemic&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s not all&comma; actually&period; Open beta testing for the program is set to begin in Q3 2021 for consoles&period; Currently&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s available in beta to Xbox Insiders&comma; and might be made widely available later&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Microsoft plans to begin testing cloud gaming on Xbox Series X&vert;S and Xbox One consoles as part of this program this fall&period; Console cloud gaming will support up to 1080p visuals at 60fps&comma; just like on PCs&comma; phones&comma; and tablets&period; It’s worth noting that cloud gaming is still in beta on those platforms as well&period; Microsoft will share more details about the rollout and release timing in the future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Xbox Cloud Gaming is available now via the Google Play Store&comma; iOS devices&comma; and PCs&period; You can learn more about the service <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;xbox&period;com&sol;en-US&sol;xbox-game-pass&sol;cloud-gaming">here<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What do you think about Xbox Cloud Gaming coming to consoles&quest; Do you hope to get that feature later this year&quest; Do you have a Game Pass Ultimate subscription to take advantage of this&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;