Xbox will soon let you purchase games in its mobile app

Xbox is yet rolling retired the quality to acquisition games and DLC, arsenic good arsenic motion up for Game Pass straight from its mobile app. But there’s a catch: you’ll nary longer beryllium capable to entree distant play wrong the Xbox app.

The update is arriving for beta testers connected iOS and Android, but Xbox says it volition beryllium disposable to everyone “soon.” 

Xbox president Sarah Bond first announced plans to fto players acquisition and play games wrong the Xbox app successful October – conscionable days aft a tribunal ruled that Google indispensable ace open Android to third-party app stores. But users won’t beryllium capable to play games wrong the app arsenic initially promised. The diagnostic was expected to get successful November, but Bond blamed a “temporary administrative stay” for holding it back.

Once Microsoft officially launches in-app crippled purchases, you’ll spot a “Buy” fastener connected crippled pages if you already person a signifier of outgo saved. You’ll besides beryllium capable to preorder games and acceptable them to preinstall successful your Xbox, arsenic good arsenic redeem Game Pass Ultimate perks. With this update, Xbox has done a implicit reversal, arsenic its app antecedently fto users acquisition games without distant play.

Though distant play volition nary longer beryllium disposable successful the app, Xbox notes that you tin inactive entree it from your mobile browser. Xbox is besides bringing distant play to supported Samsung TVs, Amazon Fire TV devices, and Meta Quest headsets. 

A fewer different updates are coming to Xbox arsenic well, including the quality for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers to watercourse prime games they ain from Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One consoles, which means they won’t person to download games earlier they tin play. Xbox precocious added much titles to its “stream your ain game” collection, including Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed and Subnautica 2.

There’s besides a caller crippled hub diagnostic connected Xbox that pulls up “relevant information” astir a game, specified arsenic subordinate stats, achievements, friends presently playing the game, events, and disposable add-ons.