It looks like court action has delayed the arrival of Microsoft’s overhauled Xbox app for the Play Store.
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 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 and X (h/t: IGN) that Microsoft is unable to launch these features following a “temporary administrative stay”:
Bond didn’t explicitly blame Google, but a US court recently granted Google’s request for a temporary stay after a court ruled that the Play Store needs to be opened up.
