Xbox will sell games directly in the Android app next month

Microsoft is readying to update its Xbox mobile app connected Android to let US users to acquisition and past play Xbox games connected their mobile devices adjacent month. Following a US tribunal ruling earlier this week that forces Google to halt requiring Google Play Billing for apps successful the Play Store connected November 1st, Microsoft is acceptable to instrumentality vantage of the changes.

“The court’s ruling to unfastened up Google’s mobile store successful the US volition let much prime and flexibility,” says Xbox president Sarah Bond in a station connected X. “Our ngo is to let much players to play connected much devices truthful we are thrilled to stock that starting successful November, players volition beryllium capable to play and acquisition Xbox games straight from the Xbox App connected Android.”

Google’s Android app store is an amerciable monopoly, and the hunt elephantine has been ordered to unfastened up the Play Store to contention for 3 years. This means nary longer forcing developers to usage its ain Google Play Billing aft a assemblage recovered that Google had illegally tied its outgo strategy to its app store. Google volition besides person to administer rival third-party app stores within Google Play.

Xbox store acquisition enactment straight successful the mobile Android app volition let Microsoft to merchantability Xbox games freely connected Android devices, and integrated Xbox Cloud Gaming features mean radical volition beryllium capable to instantly watercourse games to their handsets aft purchasing them.

Separately, Microsoft is besides moving connected a browser-based Xbox mobile store that it was originally readying to motorboat successful July. The store volition yet absorption connected first-party mobile games from Microsoft’s assorted studios, but initially it volition diagnostic deals and in-game items. Microsoft said successful August that investigating had begun connected the web-based mobile store and “work is progressing good and we volition person much to stock successful the future.”