These changes are a key step toward improving the experience.

However, just because people could play Xbox Game Pass games on their desktop didn't mean that it was completely optimized yet. In June, Microsoft said that Xbox Game Pass would be included as a part of the Windows 11 operating system. The move is part of a larger push to support Xbox gaming for Windows PC users. Jason Beaumont, partner director of experiences at Xbox, shared the new features via a November update from the official Xbox channel Thursday. The update is already live for Xbox Insiders to test, and will roll out to the rest of users at a later date.

In addition, the app will also unroll more general improvements: the ability to choose separate drives for game installation, and improvements for download speed, to name a couple. A handful of new features are coming to the Xbox app on PC, making it much friendlier for playing Xbox and Xbox Game Pass games.Īs of Thursday, Xbox Insiders get to test out a grab bag of features on PC, including Xbox Cloud Gaming and, for the first time, modding.

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