Microsoft has finally started to roll out Xbox Cloud Gaming – the feature formally known as xCloud – to Xbox consoles. The company announced it was inteding to bring this functionality to consoles last month, and now we’re starting to see it become available for anyone signed up to the Xbox Insider program.
At its most simple, the Xbox Cloud Gaming service arriving on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S will allow you to stream games and try them out before you commit to saving them to your console. Don’t expect 4K functionality here, though; this is all targeted at 1080p in a ‘try before you buy’ fashion.
But there’s another, more important application of the service on console: the service will also eventually allow you to play Xbox Series X/S exclusive games – like Microsoft Flight Simulator – on Xbox One, though that won’t be viable at launch.
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