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11-28-2024, 05:40 AM
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Microsoft has announced that despite the functionality being ready, it’s unable to launch an overhauled Xbox app on Android yet.
The company blamed the delay on a “temporary administrative stay.”
The overhauled app will let you buy and remotely play Xbox games via your phone.


Microsoft announced its intention to launch an overhauled Xbox app (https://www.androidauthority.com/xbox-android-app-buy-play-games-3489694/) on Android in November, allowing you to buy and remotely play Xbox games via your phone. We’ve reached the end of November, and the new app isn’t here yet, so what gives?

Xbox president Sarah Bond announced in a thread on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/bondsarahbond.bsky.social/post/3lbxhvgggek2k) and X (h/t: IGN (https://www.ign.com/articles/court-order-delays-microsofts-plans-to-allow-xbox-games-to-be-purchased-directly-in-the-xbox-app-on-android)) that Microsoft is unable to launch these features following a “temporary administrative stay”:




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