New Delhi: Microsoft has officially started testing the updates to the Xbox PC application and the Xbox consoles that will allow users to follow them across devices. A latest play history section of the Xbox PC application and the Xbox console home UI will display recently played games as part of the recently played titles list, and this will roam across Xbox consoles, PCs, and handhelds.
The Cloud-playable games are now starting to show inside play history or the library on the Xbox PC application. This will include all the cloud playable titles, even the console exclusives spanning from the original Xbox to Xbox Series X/S, whether users own the title or access it through Game Pass. User’s recent games, including cloud ones, will soon follow the user across devices and be completed with cloud-powered game saves. So if the users played an Xbox game on the user console that’s not natively available on the PC, it will still show up in some of the recent games list and be playable through Xbox Cloud Gaming on Windows.
Cloud-playable games on the Xbox PC application can be found through a news filter in the library section, and a new play history section will appear at the end of the Jump Back in list on the home screen of the Xbox PC application. While the large tiles highlight games that users have recently played on their current device, the play history tile shows games that users have played across any Xbox device, making it easy to pick up where they left off.
This same Play History section will also appear on the main Xbox console interface, which could mean users will eventually see PC games listed here and playable through Xbox Cloud Gaming. Microsoft currently uses the chips from the Xbox Series X to power special blades for Xbox Cloud Gaming, according to internal emails. Microsoft has been investigating the possibility of streaming PC games over the cloud. With Microsoft bringing the Xbox and PC closer together for its next-generation consoles, users are expecting to see Xbox Cloud Gaming support PC games and provide better bitrates and resolutions as well.
