![]() Not all games have support for touch controls just yet, but Microsoft is constantly adding support for new ones so hopefully the entire library will have support for touch at some point. Xbox Game Pass support for Surface Duo is available now, and will automatically work when you span the app across both screens. The company also said that Xbox Game Cloud (xCloud) developers can adapt their games even further to take advantage of Surface Duo's other unique form factor choices, including support for the wider 3:2 aspect ratio, columned layouts, and more. Second-screen support can essentially turn the product into a handheld gaming device similar to Nintendo's 3DS. However, unlike on a normal smartphone, these touch controls will appear on the bottom display.Īccording to the PCMag, the feature certainly adds some much-needed appeal to the Surface Duo, which arrived last year to underwhelming reviews. Xbox Game Pass support on Surface Duo allows gamers to play over 50 games on their Surface Duo with dedicated touch controls. The company has been testing this with the Game Pass Beta app on Android for a handful of weeks, but now the feature is ready for prime, reports Windows Central. ![]() The update is now available to all Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers on the Google Play Store.Microsoft has announced that the Xbox Game Pass app for Android now officially supports the Surface Duo and its unique dual-screen setup. It’s like a Nintendo 3DS with Xbox games. The latest app update for Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud) let’s you use one screen for touch controls and the other for the game. A total of 66 titles can now be played without a controller. Microsoft is turning its Surface Duo into a handheld Xbox today. Microsoft has been working for several months on the games of its cloud gaming offering to add touch controls for players on Android. If the touch screen is not always as easy to use as a physical controller, this solution has the advantage of being able to adapt to games, with buttons and a layout specific to each title. This change allows the Surface Duo to be used like the Nintendo 3DS. A virtual controller that adapts to games In more than 50 games, the controls are now placed on the second screen, rather than being superimposed on top of the game, making it easier to grip and avoiding obscuring the screen with your fingers. Panos Panay, product manager at Microsoft, has announced the release of an update for the Surface Duo that makes better use of both screens with the Xbox Game Pass game subscription. It leaves the gadget looking more like a Nintendo 3DS than a mobile phone, with touch controls for a range of games. However, it seems that the company has found a selling point since the device effectively becomes its first portable console. Users of Microsoft's Surface Duo phone can now turn it into a portable Xbox Credit: microsoft The bottom half of the dual-display, foldable gadget becomes a virtual gamepad, while the top half shows gameplay, The Verge reports. ![]() By separating the touch controls on the second screen, the Surface Duo becomes a true portable console.Īfter the launch of foldable smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy Fold, Microsoft had left many fans of the brand somewhat perplexed by offering the Surface Duo, its own folding smartphone for Android but, with two separate screens, and sold for more than 1,500 euros. Microsoft: Turn the Duo into the platform it deserves. Microsoft has just updated its Xbox Game Pass cloud gaming service to its foldable smartphone. Im not prematurely writing off the Duo 2, but Id hate to see Microsoft give up so early on in the game, as they did with the Microsoft Band. ![]()
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