Xbox cloud video games will quickly observe you nearly in all places

Microsoft just launched a service for Xbox Insiders that brings all cloud-playable video games, together with play histories, to the official Xbox PC app. This contains console exclusives spanning a number of generations and a whole lot of different releases. The service extends to video games owned by the participant and Sport Move titles.

The massive hook right here is that recently-played video games will observe individuals throughout gadgets, together with Xbox consoles, PCs and Home windows handhelds. This can make it simpler for folk to leap again into one thing, even when going from, say, an Xbox Sequence X to a PC.

The brand new “play historical past” part of the PC app and Xbox console UI will show cloud video games as recently-played titles, and this checklist follows individuals wherever they go. It contains cloud-powered sport saves, so there might be no wasted time. Being as that is all a part of Xbox Cloud Gaming, gamers will be capable to begin a sport on a console and finish on a PC, even when that title is not out there natively on the second platform.

There’s additionally a brand new search filter within the library part for cloud video games, together with a “leap again in” checklist on the house display screen of the app. “Whereas the big tiles spotlight video games you’ve just lately performed in your present gadget, the play historical past tile exhibits video games you’ve performed throughout any Xbox gadget, making it straightforward to select up the place you left off,” the corporate wrote in a weblog put up.

That is all because of the redesigned library characteristic for the Xbox app. This enables video games bought from varied platforms to all be launched from the same place.

Replace, August 29 2025, 12:05PM ET: Microsoft has confirmed that cross-device and cloud-playable play historical past is now rolling out to everybody, following a profitable testing section for Xbox Insiders. For those who’re taking part in on an Xbox console, you may discover the play historical past tile on your private home web page, whereas on the Xbox PC app it sits below the Most Current part within the sidebar menu, in addition to in its devoted tab in My Library.