Streaming is the big thing in entertainment these days, including in gaming. There are, however, two ways to stream games, with the most known one being the Netflix-style streaming from a remote computer ala Google Stadia. There is, however, another kind of streaming that lets you remotely play games already installed on a PC or console. That’s exactly the kind that iPhone and iPad owners can now enjoy with the latest Xbox mobile app while Microsoft figures out how to get around Apple’s cloud game streaming restrictions.
The likes of Google Stadia and NVIDIA GeForce NOW only stream games that have been installed on remote servers and have been technically purchased by proxy through those services. In contrast, PlayStation’s and Xbox’s Remote Play features require you to own both console and game and that these can be run from somewhere at your home or room. The game is then streamed to your mobile device connected to the same 5GHz Wi-Fi network.
Xbox Remote Play has, however, one special feature that almost skirts around Apple’s restrictions against game streaming. You can actually stream games from your Xbox console over a mobile connection, even when you’re not at home. Think of it similar to hosting your own cloud game streaming service at home or, perhaps more appropriately, remotely accessing your Xbox computer via the Internet.
Setting up Remote Play is incredibly simple. All you need to do is fire up your PS4, download the Remote Play app on your iPhone or iPad, and sign in using your PlayStation Network account to. Before an hypothetical ATV app, you could use Remote Play on an iPhone/iPad and stream to the Apple TV, or some HDMI converter from these devices. Than you can buy dedicated one - either a WiFi like Chromcast or an Android box like Rasbery Pi on a wired network. You can’t use Remote Play on your mobile device’s cellular data network. A high-speed Wi-Fi® network is required. You can connect your wireless controller to your mobile device. Go back to remote settings menu on iPad and pair with iPhone. Back in the iPhone, follow pairing instructions. When complete, select “play” the presentation will start to play on the iPad and you’ll see a miniature version of the presentation on the iPhone. You can then advance the presentation or reverse it by touching or swiping on iPhone. The sad reality where the only ios device you have is the first iPad mini. I was excited about the news that you can remote play on the ipad, so I picked up the iPad, went to app store, found the app, tried to install and met with the message that it's not compatible.
There are, of course, some limitations, the primary of which will be the steady connection the streaming will require. While the Xbox mobile app does support a long list of Xbox generations, only the Xbox One and upcoming Xbox Series X|S support Remote Play. And while you can seemingly control your Xbox console’s basic functions remotely, there is no indication you’ll be able to buy Xbox games through the app that way.
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The latter might be an important consideration that allowed the Xbox mobile app into Apple’s iOS App Store in the first place. Then again, Apple does sometimes revoke an app’s approval after the fact because of some policy violation that it sometimes adds only after that incident.