Cloud gaming has launched on the Xbox One and Series consoles today

[Steve]

It's currently available in 25 countries, including the UK and USA of course. It requires you to have a Game Pass Ultimate subscription. You can click on any supported Game Pass game and choose to play it via streaming, rather than having to download it first.

This has a few advantages: -

• You can try a game out without having to download it first
• If a friend invites you to play a game that you haven't yet downloaded, you can accept the invite and play it via streaming instead
• You can play Xbox Series-exclusive games on an Xbox One console via streaming

The games run on Xbox Series X hardware, although it is limited to 1080p at 60FPS. Obviously, your experience will depend on the speed and quality of your connection, as well as how far you are from the server where the game is being remotely played.

Not all Game Pass games are supported yet, but quite a lot are and they will be adding more over time.

This functionality is part of the latest system update, so if you haven't installed it already, you can force an update by going to Settings - System - Updates, then after a couple of seconds the button at the upper left will say "Update console". Just click that to start the update process.