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Play Xbox games on your iPad or laptop

The ongoing Xbox Cloud Gaming beta is currently available to select Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. You can buy Xbox Game Pass Ultimate here: *CNET may get a commission from this offer. Xbox Cloud Gaming beta hands-on: How to play Xbox games on your iPad or laptop Subscribe to CNET: CNET playlists: Download the new…

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Xbox Cloud Gaming beta hands-on: How to play Xbox games on your iPad or laptop

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Nicholas Casciotti

May 6, 2021 at 12:47 pm

Does Age of Empires on Game Pass work on the iPad?

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Warlock

May 6, 2021 at 12:55 pm

It’s alright, but I *really* want to just stream my Xbox Series X to my Macbook. Sony have an app for this, MS really need to stop being obstinate.

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Johnathan Hernandez

May 6, 2021 at 1:05 pm

Soooooo…this vid is about the experience not actually how to set up Xcloud on your Windows/iOS device. If anyone knows where to go to setup and start accessing Xcloud from the browser that would be great! I got the message that I can but no actual instructions were given in the message. Thx!

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10jmsoccer

May 6, 2021 at 1:14 pm

This vs remote play?

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BKLYN Gamer 77

May 6, 2021 at 1:21 pm

I tried playing games on my pc with Xbox cloud and surprised how much space it took on my pc and the games were super slow so I hope the tech gets better

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- What to eat
  
  May 6, 2021 at 7:11 pm
  
  space? its running on google chrome…
  
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- BKLYN Gamer 77
  
  May 6, 2021 at 8:34 pm
  
  @What to eat it still takes up space on your pc. Have you installed Xbox cloud on a Windows PC?
  
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- Wongseifu548
  
  May 7, 2021 at 3:26 am
  
  @BKLYN Gamer 77 plus they still have yet to solve the latency issues. I don’t think they ever will as games get larger
  
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- Abhinav Rao
  
  May 9, 2021 at 6:10 pm
  
  @BKLYN Gamer 77 it doesnt take up space unless your talking about chrome
  
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- BKLYN Gamer 77
  
  May 9, 2021 at 6:15 pm
  
  @Abhinav Rao it took up space on my Dell Windows 10 laptop.
  
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Danovan

May 6, 2021 at 1:37 pm

Just imagine in few years prob could watch this and play a game on same device without any lag

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CubiePlays Extra

May 6, 2021 at 1:37 pm

1:43 You spelled Fortnite incorrectly

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zehneuroaufmtisch

May 6, 2021 at 1:48 pm

I didn’t get an invitation…is ist US only?

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xruud24

May 6, 2021 at 2:09 pm

I haven’t got an email, what do I need to do?

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- 1-Step Fury
  
  May 6, 2021 at 5:38 pm
  
  It’s invite-only. Only selected people will get invite.
  
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trollsRtrix

May 6, 2021 at 2:23 pm

Anybody who purchased a PS5 got suckered lol ????

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- Ric
  
  May 9, 2021 at 1:44 pm
  
  PlayStation’s been doing this for years
  
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J

May 6, 2021 at 2:28 pm

Works much better on Android. Still infant tech.

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AndyG1714

May 6, 2021 at 2:30 pm

I’d hand it down to Android tablets, they’re cheap and you don’t need the performance for cloud gaming.

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Alex

May 6, 2021 at 3:01 pm

does this only work with specific games or will any game that you have attached to your xbox account work?

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- Rafael Menchaca Jr
  
  May 7, 2021 at 12:14 am
  
  Only the games that are on Game Pass
  
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OCEAN WOLF

May 6, 2021 at 3:42 pm

Can you use the ps5 controller for the iPad

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B Nav

May 6, 2021 at 3:51 pm

Stadia is better right now as I’m getting 60fps when playing any game with no lag

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MARTEN

May 6, 2021 at 3:55 pm

what is the name of the big phone u use it in this video

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Rayyan Amir

May 6, 2021 at 3:55 pm

Thanks for telling the truth. Other youtubers barely talked about the lag in main games

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- KingJaffyjoffar718
  
  May 6, 2021 at 5:34 pm
  
  THERE IS LAG BRO ONLY on IOS. i have game pass and play on my android and HP laptop and i do not get lag AT ALL.
  
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- PSW
  
  May 7, 2021 at 7:45 pm
  
  There is no lag bro. I haven’t tried xcloud on ios, but on windows and my android. There was no lag at all. I completed so many races, played multiplayer on Forza Horizon 4 with no lag at all. I played many multiplayer games on xcloud with no lag.
  
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Christopher Sullivan

May 6, 2021 at 4:15 pm

For someone like me who wants to upgrade from a ps3 do i need to have a console to get this to work? Do I need a subscription? Could I just get by with an iPad and controller?

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- Richard Rowe
  
  May 6, 2021 at 6:01 pm
  
  In theory all you would need is an iPad and a game pass ultimate subscription
  
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KingJaffyjoffar718

May 6, 2021 at 5:33 pm

This guy said ” I dont think were there yet” YEAH! not on IOS or macbook but WE are definitely there on PC, ANDROID and XBOX. You’re just not there yet. Apple is not there yet, but let’s be serious apple has never been there when it comes to gaming……..so im not surprised.

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macchingon

May 6, 2021 at 9:42 pm

I’m a XBox Game Pass Ultimate member and I haven’t received my beta invite for XBox Cloud Gaming.

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Sagacious Apotheosis BLM

May 6, 2021 at 10:01 pm

Can I play COD that’s all I need to know

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Mo A

May 6, 2021 at 11:08 pm

I appreciate these reviews but I would like a full video – How to video, of how you did it because I just hate sitting here and watch montage videos and listen to a review, please CNET change.

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Michael Diaz

May 7, 2021 at 1:18 am

????

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Wongseifu548

May 7, 2021 at 3:25 am

From whst i have seen they have yrt to solve the latency problem

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Jim Graham

May 8, 2021 at 2:02 am

molly brazy is dead in the leon county jail in tallahassee, fl. call and protest! ask for warden rahman and sergeant c.l. craig

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iSprint4GEyes

May 8, 2021 at 2:06 pm

cloud gaming never going to bypass physical games. the pass 5 years their been a push but Google failed with stadia. it might exist with physical games but no its not taking over, that would require your average consumer to have internet with 4k speeds. oof

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No 6ixgod

May 10, 2021 at 5:40 pm

Someday ima rack up views and subs just like you, I got great Nintendo handheld contents ????

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BMLMZ

May 11, 2021 at 3:05 pm

Just playing doom through my 1000/1000 fiber connection. Still laggy. Cloud gaming always going to have that bad latency, no way around it.

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