Xbox One Remote Play Macbook

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Play games installed on your Xbox console, including Xbox Game Pass titles, to any compatible Android or iOS device. Currently excludes backward compatible titles from Xbox 360 or Original Xbox. Xbox Wireless Controllers accompanying the Xbox Series X and Xbox One X, Xbox Elite Wireless Controller. Play games using the original Xbox One wireless controller connected to your Mac by either USB or Bluetooth. Remote play - when using this at home on your own network, does the game go out to the internet and then come back in, or is the data simply sent Press J to jump to the feed. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Use any micro USB cable to connect your Xbox One controller to the computer and wait for. Download One Remote Play and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac OS X 10.14 or later, or Apple TV. ‎Use this app to mirror your XB game console via Local Network. ・Display the XB game console screen on your Mac Key Features:. Highly tuned performance with extremely low lag.

The promise of playing Xbox games on my iOS devices has been tempting me for a while; though I’m not a hardcore gamer, there are a number of titles I like to play on my Xbox One, most recently Star Wars: Squadrons. Plus, the ability to still do some gaming, even when the sole TV in our household is tied up, definitely has some appeal.

So the news a few weeks back that remote play was coming to Microsoft’s iOS app was welcome indeed. Unlike the contentious Project xCloud game streaming, remote play falls into a more standard (and, to Apple, more acceptable) category of apps: it’s basically a screen-sharing client. So, the Xbox app for iPhone and iPad now lets you screen share with the Xbox in your house over your local network or, if your connection is good enough, the Internet.

The real question is, how well does it work?

My quick test results have sadly been mixed at best. I tried a couple games both via my local Wi-Fi as well as via the cell connection on my iPhone 11 Pro.

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The cellular network connection produced fairly dismal results, though that could certainly all be chalked up to bad reception in my neighborhood. There was a lot of crackling in audio, gameplay was difficult at the best of times (there was occasionally some serious latency even just in navigating menus), and graphics were heavily artifacted, often beyond recognition (and don’t even get me started about trying to read onscreen text in a game like Marvel’s Avengers). I also lost the network connection with the Xbox a couple times, leaving me staring at a “reconnecting” screen.

On Wi-Fi, the quality of graphics looks much better—especially on my iPhone 11 Pro’s very nice display—and games were definitely playable, but the experience still paled next to normal console play. In particular, I’ve been plagued by network issues which have proved difficult to diagnose or resolve. The Xbox app repeatedly tells me that there are “problems” with my network, resulting in skipping audio, jittery gameplay, and some graphical artifacts. Between those skips and jitters, the gameplay is surprisingly responsive, especially in terms of latency—which is to say, when I hit the throttle control in Squadrons, the ship throttles up; I don’t notice a significant delay there or elsewhere, such as in firing my ship’s weapons, though I would still be hesitant to take on another human player head-to-head.1

The experience actually makes me feel like there’s the potential for a solid gameplay experience here, if those network issues could be eliminated. Unfortunately, I’m not sure whether the issue really is my network infrastructure or some flaw in the app or console software. (I have my Xbox One hardwired to a gigabit switch which, in turn, is connected directly to my home’s eero base station; both my iPhone and iPad are connected to a 5GHz Wi-Fi network, so my options for further tweaking are kind of limited.) We’ll have to see if the iPhone 12 Pro arriving later this week makes any difference at all, but I would frankly be surprised.

So, while the idea of remote play is sound, and the technology is so nearly there, the collision with real world factors seems to limit just how broadly feasible this might be. It’s possible that those with a really optimized network or top of the line hardware will get a lot out of remote play, but for the rest of us, it’s just another technology that feels like it’s not quite here yet.

  1. I restricted my testing to Squdarons‘s Training mode; I definitely wouldn’t be playing Fleet Battles here. ↩
Xbox One Remote Play Macbook

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Getting started with Remote Play on PC or Mac

Using the PS Remote Play app, you can control your PlayStation®5 console or PlayStation®4 console from a PC or Mac connected to a high-speed network. Check your PC or Mac meets the requirements and then follow the steps below to set up Remote Play.

Xbox One Remote Play Mac

Remote Play on PC or Mac requirements

You'll need a Windows or Mac computer, and a PS5™ console or PS4™ console to control. Here are the requirement details:

Windows

  • OS: Windows 10 (32-bit or 64-bit)
  • Processor: 7th Generation Intel® Core™ processors or later
  • Storage space: 100 MB or more
  • RAM: 2 GB or more
  • Display resolution: 1024 × 768 or higher
  • Sound card: Required
  • USB port: Required

Mac

  • OS: macOS High Sierra, macOS Mojave, macOS Catalina, macOS Big Sur
  • Storage space: 40 MB or more
  • RAM: 2 GB or more
  • USB port: Required

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PS5™ console or PS4™ console

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Xbox On Mac

  • The latest system software
    Always update your console to the latest version of the system software.
  • An account for PlayStation™Network
    Use the same account that you use for your console. If you don’t have an account, you’ll need to create one first.
  • A high-speed internet connection
    As a standard, we recommend a high-speed connection with upload and download speeds of at least 5 Mbps. For best performance, we recommend a high-speed connection with upload and download speeds of at least 15 Mbps.
  • A DualSense™ wireless controller for your PS5 console or DUALSHOCK®4 wireless controller for your PS4 console. You can connect via USB or pair your controller to a supported device using Bluetooth. Please visit the guides below for more information.
  • USB cable
    Please note, when using a wired connection, your controller's built-in speaker and mic are not supported.
  • A mic
    To use voice chat, you’ll need a microphone, such as the built-in microphone on your Windows PC or Mac.