The Xbox app for Windows now runs natively on Arm devices with Xbox Cloud Gaming

Microsoft is delivering a caller ARM64 mentation of the Xbox app for Windows today. It means the Xbox app volition tally natively connected Surface Pro X and different Arm-powered devices arsenic good arsenic Microsoft’s latest SQ3-powered Surface Pro 9, which was announced earlier today.

Microsoft confirmed the caller Xbox app for Arm successful a blog station today. While the Xbox app volition present tally smoothly connected Arm-powered Windows hardware, games are different matter. There inactive aren’t galore Windows games that are compiled natively for Arm, truthful you’ll either request to instrumentality vantage of the built-in emulation present oregon conscionable watercourse games from elsewhere.

Thankfully, Microsoft has added Xbox Cloud Gaming enactment to the Xbox app that works connected Arm devices. That means you tin watercourse immoderate Xbox Game Pass Ultimate games to Arm devices and debar having to interest astir compatibility oregon show issues.

Microsoft has been gradually bringing Xbox Cloud Gaming to much and much devices recently. The streaming work is disposable connected prime Samsung 2022 astute TVs and monitors, and Microsoft conscionable committed this week to bring it to Meta’s Quest VR headsets. We mightiness adjacent spot a dedicated Xbox unreality streaming instrumentality soon aft Microsoft’s caput of Xbox revealed an aged prototype of the streaming container the institution is inactive moving on.