Xbox Cloud Gaming with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate coming to PC and iOS in Spring 2021

By Samuel Tolbert
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Project xCloud
Project xCloud (Image credit: iMore)

Project xCloud

Source: Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Windows Central)

What you need to know

  • Xbox Cloud Gaming (beta) with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is currently available on Android.
  • Today, Microsoft confirmed that Cloud Gaming is coming to PC and iOS in Spring 2021.
  • The program is also expanding to additional countries like Australia and Mexico.

While we've previously reported that Microsoft is planning to expand the Xbox Cloud Gaming (beta) to iOS platforms in 2021, following a browser-based approach used by Amazon's Luna, we now have direct confirmation. A post on Xbox Wire (opens in new tab) confirms that that Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to PC and iOS in Spring 2021.

Formerly known as Project xCloud, Xbox Cloud Gaming is currently in beta and available with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for Android users. Microsoft is also bringing Xbox Cloud Gaming to new countries including Australia, Brazil, Japan, and Mexico. Cloud Gaming has been expanding with touch controls for different games such as Minecraft Dungeons and Tell Me Why, which means some of the best tablets for Cloud Gaming are even more important.

Microsoft also indicates that Xbox Game Pass engagement doubled year-over-year in November 2020, with over 40% of new Xbox players joining via Xbox Series S. Additionally, the blog post tells players to look forward to upcoming surprises, starting at the Game Awards 2020 tomorrow, which begin at 7:00 p.m. ET. In 2021, Bethesda Softworks will be joining Xbox, meaning more announcements are coming as Xbox first-party grows to 23 studios.

Best of all worlds

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Samuel Tolbert
Samuel Tolbert
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Samuel Tolbert is a freelance gaming writer who started working for iMore and its sister sites Windows Central and Android Central in July 2019. He handles news, previews, reviews, and exclusive original reporting, and has also been featured on TechRadar.

With a background studying engineering before he shifted his focus to gaming journalism, he's skilled at identifying technical advantages and disadvantages provided by different hardware. If he’s not writing something, he’s off playing video games, spending time with his pets, exercising, or reading. He's also fond of trying to draw things with his iPad.