Soon you won’t need a console anymore Xbox if you have a Amazon Fire TV. Microsoft and Amazon announced Thursday that the Xbox app will come to Fire TV devices in July.
The Xbox app is powered by Cloud Gaming, meaning that with an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, you can stream a huge catalog of games from the Xbox library, including many first-party and third-party titles coming to the service on launch day. Great games like Starfield, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 and the Fallout series are just a few examples, and the games available are always changing.
Just connect a Bluetooth controller and you can play like you would on a console, without having to constantly be online for cloud streaming and deal with any connectivity issues, of course.
“We’re excited to work with Microsoft to bring the Xbox app to select Fire TV devices so customers can enjoy an extensive library of high-quality games, allowing them to play incredible titles without the need for a console,” said the Fire TV vice president Daniel Rausch said in a press release. “Now customers have even more ways to play the games they love, wherever they are, with just a compatible Fire TV Stick, a Bluetooth controller, and a Game Pass Ultimate membership.”
Even if you don’t have a Fire TV, you can turn your TV into one with a Fire TV Stick, which will also be compatible with the Xbox app. If you have multiple non-Fire TVs in your home, that means you can install the app on the device and move it between devices. The Xbox app will work on both the Fire TV Stick 4K Max and the older Fire TV Stick 4K.
As Rausch mentions, you’ll need a separate game controller to play through the app, but most modern Bluetooth controllers will work fine. Microsoft itself sells Xbox controllers that are up to the task (and are generally some of the best options if you want a Bluetooth controller anyway).
We don’t have an exact release date yet, but when the app launches, it will be available in over 25 countries.
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