Reddit user \/el_gonz87 found a banner image for Android TV in the Android APK of the Game Pass App. This isn\u2019t the first time we have heard of game Pass coming to smart TVs. xCloud is available in 22 countries and India is not one of them.<\/b>
\nReddit user \/el_gonz87 has discovered the Android TV version of the Game Pass banner in the Game Pass Android app. His Reddit post reads, \u201cJust ripped the latest Game Pass APK updated via Google Play Store from my Android tablet and to my surprise it had an Android TV banner built into it… Seems we may get Game Pass officially on Android TV very soon!\u201d While Microsoft\u2019s game streaming service, xCloud is the app that gives access to users to stream games on Android and iOS, users can play games available on the Game Pass subscription service on their mobile device using xCloud. Playing Xbox games on your smart TV via Microsoft\u2019s Cloud gaming service isn’t new information. In an interview with The Verge back in 2020, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer, was asked, \u201cWhat\u2019s stopping you from saying, okay, Xbox is an app, it has minimum hardware specs, and we\u2019re just going to run it on a smart TV?\u201d To which Phil Spencer responded, \u201cI think you\u2019re going to see that in the next 12 months. I don\u2019t think anything is going to stop us from doing that. I thought what you said about the TV was spot on. What we used to call a TV was a CRT that\u2019s just throwing an image on the back of a piece of glass that I\u2019m looking at. Now, as you said, a TV is really more of a game console stuffed behind a screen that has an app platform and a Bluetooth stack and a streaming capability. Is it really a TV anymore or is it just the form and function of the devices that we used to have around our TV, consolidated into the one big screen that I\u2019m looking at?\u201d While Microsoft has combined its xCloud streaming service with Game Pass Ultimate, the service isn’t available everywhere. While there were reports of xCloud launching in India in 2020-2021, it looks like we will have to wait longer due to the ongoing pandemic. ( via) Email Digit NewsDesk Follow Us About Me: Digit News Desk writes news stories across a range of topics. Getting you news updates on the latest in the world of tech. Read More 5 games releasing in April worth checking out Xbox Game Pass games for March 21 \u2013 Star Wars: Squadrons, Octopath Traveler and more on the way Microsoft completes acquisition of ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda: Xbox, PC exclusives coming soon The biggest surprise hits of 2020 \u2013 Taking the world by storm from outta nowhere PS5 will be in short supply till the second half of 2021, just like the Xbox Series X PS5 vs Xbox Series X: Clash of the Titans!<\/p>\n