Microsoft facilitates access to Xbox Game Pass by launching a specific application for iOS and Android

One of the most important releases from Microsoft throughout 2018 has been Xbox Game Pass. That kind of Netflix of video games that for a monthly subscription allows us to access a growing catalog of titles directly from our console.

It will have its detractors and its defenders, but there is no denying that it is probably the path that the entertainment industry will take in the coming years. That is why you have to be well positioned and that means having a presence on the most used platforms, which today means having a space in the mobile spectrum with an app.And that's what Microsoft has done: launch a new Xbox Game Pass application that we can already download in Beta if we are members of the Insider Program.

The news broke during this year's Gamescom celebration. With this application users can get the desired titles, which will be downloaded directly to their console, acting on the _smartphone_ as an extension of it.

The only requirement is that for it to work, on the Xbox we must have the "Immediate Start" mode activated in order to start on the fly the download of the game in question, even if we are far from the console.

The application is under development, it is still a beta, so there are some features that are not yet implementedThis is the case with the option that allows access to our subscription data, for which we will have to use the web service or directly the console. What we do have now is a complete video game search engine. The application also offers the user the option of receiving notifications on the _smartphone_ regarding new titles that are coming to the Xbox Game Pass catalogue.

In addition, games purchased through it will have a discount of up to 20%, a discount that will be 10% if we buy any add-on for any of these games. An offer that is complemented with the option of getting a two-month subscription for Xbox for only 2 euros, an offer that will last until August 31.

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