Stadium [295 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/pc/stadia/ “> Google Stadiums can now run on Xbox [2,772 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/xbox/ “> Xbox consoles, via Xbox Game Studios (Microsoft) [1,156 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/microsoft/ “> Microsoft’s public test for its new browser powered by Edge Chromium.
As reported by The Verge, Xbox testers in the Alpha Skip-Ahead group can now access the updated Microsoft Edge web browser on Xbox One. [2,353 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/xbox/xb1/ “> Xbox One and Xbox Series X | S [926 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/xbox/scarlett/ “> Xbox Series S / X consoles.
Thanks to the improved compatibility support with Chromium, the browser will launch Google [190 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/google/ “> Google’s Stadium streaming service and gives Xbox console gamers access to its cloud games library.
As noted in a video by Brad Sams of Thurrott, the browser can even allow console players to stream games to their console via Microsoft’s own Project xCloud [101 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/xbox/project-xcloud/ “> xCloud in the future, as soon as Microsoft publicly adds browser support.
The new Xbox Edge browser should also improve compatibility with services such as Skype or Discord via the Internet, as well as browser-based games.
Microsoft has announced plans to launch Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for PC and iOS devices in the spring of 2021.
Currently, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members in 22 countries can play more than 100 games on Android devices via the cloud using a compatible controller. About 20 of these games also support touch controls.
And Phil Spencer, head of the Xbox [256 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/people/phil-spencer/ “> Phil Spencer said the company is working to stream Xbox Game Pass to consoles as well.
“Yes, we want to do that,” he said last year. ‘This is a long list of cool things the xCloud team is working on, just a little further down the list. But we want consoles and computers [2,949 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/pc/ “> PC players to browse as easily as mobile players, this is a great gameplay feature.”