Microsoft Will Present Xbox Game Stores On Android And IOS

Illustration of the Xbox app store website (doc. Microsoft).

JAKARTA Microsoft announced that it will launch Xbox as a mobile gaming store on Android and iOS devices. The plan, this gaming store can be accessed by all fans in July 2024.

Xbox president Sarah Bond said at the Bloomberg Technology Summit that Xbox will be a gaming store that competes with the App Store and Google Play Store. Xbox will feature games, such as Candy Crush and Minecraft.

"In July 2024, we will launch our mobile store experience. Actually, we will start by bringing our first-party portfolio into it. You'll see games, like Candy Crush, appear in that experience," Bond said.

Unfortunately, Xbox is not launched in the form of an app. This game store will start in a web version so that it can be accessed on all devices. If fans want to have Xbox in the form of an app, they might be able to download it as a web app.

This step is taken so that all Android and iOS users can easily access Xbox. Even so, Microsoft will face challenges in presenting Xbox on iOS because the operating system does not allow sideloads, except in the European Union.

"We're going to start on the web and we're doing it because it allows us to make it an accessible experience on all devices, in all countries, whatever happens, regardless of policy," Bond said.

Until now, it is not clear how all games will be distributed on Xbox, what games will be available in it, and how the website looks. To find out all these things, we have to wait until Microsoft releases them.