Xbox Cloud Gaming is a Microsoft service that allows us to enjoy games in the cloud or remotely both from the Xbox Game Pass service and from our own console plugged in at home. A platform that we can use from Xbox One, Xbox Series X | S, a computer, mobile phones and tablets. Now, depending on the one we use, we will need to connect in one way or another.
The browser, a key piece
The fact is that one of the key pieces of Xbox Cloud Gaming is the browser, since for many of the occasions it will be the front door to the entire catalog contained in the platform, so it is necessary to remember exactly which of them and which version is the one that we will need to have installed. Remember that it is, especially on PC and Mac, or on iOS and iPad, where these requirements are concentrated, since both on Xbox and Android, these are shortcuts within the screen of each title in the Microsoft Store or thanks to a apps mobile.
If you have a PC with Windows 10 at least you will have to meet, first, the requirement of Have the operating system updated to release 20H2 or later, which includes Windows 11 and, of course, accessing the service either with Microsoft Edge, or with Google Chrome with the latest of the most modern versions. In this way, by pairing a gamepad to the computer, you will be able to log in and start your gaming days continuing the game that you bring from any other site.
In the case of Android 6 (or later) you can also use, as in the case of PC, any of the two browsers with a Chromium heart such as Edge and Chrome in their most up-to-date editions, although remember that you have a apps specific available within the Play Store of Mountain View. By the way, if you have a Chromebook (laptops with ChromeOS) You can only access the game in the cloud with the official Google browsersince Microsoft’s is not, still today, fully usable within the platform.
Apple as always, to his ball
In the case of Apple devices, things are different since You will not be able to use Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge as they are not, at the moment, compatible with Xbox Cloud Gaming. If you want to access that game in the cloud, you will have to have the latest version of Safari, from those that were published for iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4. Any previous one will not be possible to even enter login us with our Xbox ID.
If you have a Mac computer, the same thing will happen to you as with the iPhone and iPad since you can only use Safari to enter the official Xbox Cloud Gaming page from the most recent versions and, obviously, if you have macOS Ventura you will be able to play in the cloud without major inconveniences. In all cases, and except for releases designed to be used with touch control from the screen, you will have to pair a wireless gamepad (Xbox’s is the best) to control everything without problems.
