Forward-looking: We're days abroad from the first Xbox | Bethesda E3 briefing, but Microsoft has already started to spill the beans about what Xbox Game Pass has in store for the hereafter. From an Xbox TV app and game streaming hardware to multiple new features and optimizations to cloud gaming. Microsoft xCloud might shortly become the go-to cloud gaming platform.

With the upcoming Xbox Television set app, any Game Laissez passer Ultimate subscriber will be able to play their favorite Xbox Games on a TV without whatsoever additional hardware besides a controller. In example your Telly doesn't receive support for the app, Microsoft is likewise planning to launch streaming hardware devices.

Phil Spencer, EVP of gaming at Microsoft, had already teased Xbox streaming hardware devices last year. This hardware volition likely materialize in the form of USB sticks or pocket-sized set-peak-box devices, providing gamers with a compact xCloud gaming solution without the need of owning a panel.

Microsoft says that all Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will have admission to deject gaming on the browser in the adjacent few weeks, while using Border, Chrome, and Safari. The announcement comes just two months after Microsoft launched a beta phase, which also brought xCloud to Apple devices.

According to Microsoft, gamers will soon benefit from shorter load times, improved frame rates and improve visuals in Xbox Series X|Due south optimized games, as the company is close to finishing the update process of its data centers, which will now feature Xbox Series X level hardware.

Subsequently this year, Game Pass Ultimate subscribers in Australia, Brazil, Japan, and Mexico, will have admission to cloud gaming. Moreover, Microsoft also plans to introduce cloud gaming into the Xbox app on PC, which will permit users to try a game before downloading it.

A release date has not been set for the TV Xbox app nonetheless, nor a list of TVs that volition support it, but we're jump to learn that before long.