The innovation will allow gamers to remotely control their consoles and play games on phones and tablets without a Bluetooth-connected gamepad. With such a launch, the touch buttons will be superimposed on the screen of the gadget in the same location as they are on the physical controller.
A similar touch control has been available for a long time in the Xbox Gaming Cloud. Users can navigate through the console interface and stream games without connecting additional devices.
Microsoft is introducing touch controls into hundreds of Xbox games. According to the company, this method is preferred by about 20% of cloud service users. The Verge adds that it has been particularly popular in the past in Hades, Minecraft Dungeons and Yakuza: Like a Dragon.The exact timing of the appearance of this feature in the mobile application has not yet been announced.