Start downloading and installing a game on your Xbox when you are away from your console directly from your smartphone to play it immediately when you get home.
What is more frustrating (apart from an update of course) than having to wait for a game to download and install to start playing on your console. If you have an Xbox, you can use its built-in remote access feature to control it and manage its content right from your smartphone, when you’re away from home.
With this feature, you can start downloading and installing any game on your console, without having to wait to be back home.
Whether it is a game already in your library or a title offered in the Xbox Game Pass offer, this function will save you precious time and above all allow you to start a game without waiting as soon as you go home. Here’s how to do it.
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1. Activate Remote Features
Turn on your console and press the Xbox button on your controller. In the side pane, go to the Profile and System section, then enter Console Settings.
Select Devices and Connections in the left column and enter the Remote Features menu.
Check the Activate remote features box and at the same time make sure that you verify that Standby mode is set to Standby, and not to Energy saving.
Xbox should initiate a test to verify that your setup meets all of the required criteria. When the test is complete, tap Next.
Finally press Close in the confirmation window ” You are all set Which is displayed.
2. Download the Xbox and / or Xbox Game Pass applications
To access your console remotely from your smartphone, two applications can be used: the Xbox app on Android and iOS allows you to manage your console, while the Xbox Game Pass app, also available on Android and iOS, allows you to manage your Xbox Game Pass games and stream them from your smartphone if you have subscribed to the offer.
You must then sign in using your Microsoft account on each of the applications. On the Xbox app, just hit the Sign In button when the app opens and enter your username and password.
On the Xbox Game Pass app, select the Profile icon displayed at the bottom center of the screen, then tap Sign In. Then enter your username and password for your Microsoft account to initiate the connection.
3. Start downloading a game remotely
Downloading a game remotely can be done in several ways. If you want to install a game that’s already in your Xbox game library, open the Xbox app on your Android smartphone or iPhone.
Go directly to the My Library tab. Then select the game you want to install and press Download on the console. In the pop-up that appears, select your console press Install on this console to confirm its installation.
If you’re an Xbox Game Pass subscriber, you can also use the Xbox app to find a game and start downloading it. However, browsing the Game Pass catalog is much easier from the dedicated Xbox Game Pass app.
To install a game from the Game Pass, open the appropriate application on your smartphone, explore the games catalog and then select the title that interests you.
Press the Install button on, select your console and press Install on this console to remotely validate the installation of the game on your Xbox.