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Released: 2013-11-19
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Version 2511.1.3
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Free0%
Version 2511.1.3
12+
Download on the App Store
Released: 2013-11-19
© 2025 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Description

Friends and parties follow you with voice and text chat, even if they're on console or PC. See notifications, achievements from you and your friends, messages, and more. Buy games and add-on content you want without leaving the app. Explore the Game Pass catalog, view and redeem Perks, and more. Easily share game clips and screenshots from your console to favorite gaming & social networks. The free Xbox app is the best way to stay in the game—wherever you like to play.
-Download the Xbox app and stay connected to friends & games
-Buy games and add-on content you want without leaving the app
-Download games to your console so they're ready to play when you are.
-Get notifications for new game launches, party invites, messages and more
-Use integrated voice and text chat with friends on console or PC
-Explore the Game Pass catalog, view and redeem Perks, and more
-Easily share game clips & screenshots to your favorite social networks
-Gaming Copilot (Beta) - Your personal gaming sidekick for recommendations, help, insights, and more
Get past roadblocks, level up your gameplay, or simply get unstuck with in-game assistance. Get to the fun faster and tap the Copilot button to get started.
XBOX APP AGREEMENT
The following terms supplement any software license terms that accompany the Xbox App.
Please refer to Microsoft's EULA for Terms of Service for Microsoft's gaming applications on iOS. By installing the app, you agree to these terms and conditions: https://support.xbox.com/help/subscriptions-billing/manage-subscriptions/microsoft-software-license-terms-mobile-gaming
FEEDBACK
If you give feedback about the Xbox App to Microsoft, you give to Microsoft, without charge, the right to use, share and commercialize your feedback in any way and for any purpose. You also give to third parties, without charge, any patent rights needed for their products, technologies and services to use or interface with any specific parts of a Microsoft software or service that includes the feedback. You will not give feedback that is subject to a license that requires Microsoft to license its software or documentation to third parties because we include your feedback in them. These rights survive this agreement.

What's New in Version 2511.1.3

- We're working hard to improve the Xbox mobile app for you with every release. This update includes bug fixes and performance improvements to keep things running as smooth as possible.

Seller

Name

Microsoft Corporation

URL

https://www.xbox.com/mobile-app

Information

Developer

Categories

Version

2511.1.3

Size

85.1 MB

Game Center

No

VPP Device Licensing

Yes

Rating

Rated 12+ for the following:
Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor
Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Infrequent/Mild Simulated Gambling
Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence
Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes

Compatibility

iOS 15.1 or later

Devices

iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 16e, iPhone 17, iPhone 17Pro, iPhone 17ProMax, iPhone Air, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (9th Generation), iPad (9th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (6th Generation), iPad mini (6th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (10th generation), iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)

Languages

English, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

App Store: Customer Ratings

Ratings & Reviews

4.7 of 5 (1,643,584 Ratings)

App Store: Customer Reviews

2025-11-09

Still barely works 2025

We made it to where your captures delete after three months whether you like it or not, but you can save them using the app! Just make sure you’re in the perfect conditions for the app to work otherwise we won’t load your clips so you can save them! Teehee!
Wendys 4 for 5
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-09

My clips!!!

iPhone 17pro max ios26 and it won’t let me see my clips. All I get is a sad face. I’m a content creator and need my clips but I can’t see or download them.
chibi_chika
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-09

I love the Xbox app. I use it all the time.

I love the Xbox app. I use it all the time whether it’s screen, recording getting points or saving my captures to show my friends. One thing that could be better though is a wireless gameplay.
No jokes5
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-09

can’t change PFP

i can’t customize my profile picture, but i haven’t been suspended or reported? my account is in good standing and fine, but it won’t let me customize it.
rot in wock
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-09

QR code does not work

Every time you scan the QR code, it takes you to a website, not the app it doesn’t do anything. It doesn’t let you share clips.
AnnoyingXbox
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-08

Horrible

Good to look at literally nothing but anyways fix your stupid app I can’t look at my clips no matter what I do
Don’t get this app it’s buns
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-08

Clip playback glitched

Clips don’t load properly and you can’t view half of them. Most of the time the app crashes or needs to be restarted when trying to view clips.
14dafence14
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-08

Clips

Me clips not working 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
Plz fix clips
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-08

Wonderful app!

This is Great. It allows me to access my account anywhere, and look at my game clips. Overall one of my favorite apps of all time!
Bruises from pocket dice
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-08

Captures are broken?

Anytime i take a capture it says that i need to free up space, but i already deleted multiple captures beforehand, and when i want to go back and watch a capture from literally the previous day they all say Error and dont load at all. The xbox party and messaging system is just as bad if not worse. I get kicked out when my friend invites someone or someone joins it randomly kicks me to my own party with ghost of whoever was in the party with me. This app is honestly not worth just use your xbox.
GrimVex
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-08

Please read

I have had this for like a year or so and it’s been great but the thing about it is it has bugs when I open it it tells me to log back in and it’s a whole mess when I close the app on my phone and let’s say I later go back it says the same thing I tried seeing if it needs an update but it doesn’t so it must be a bug
Wynn Allen
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-08

Game problem

My Xbox console deleted a game Microsoft flight simulator 2024 because of the new subscription, even though that we already bought it before there was a subscription
Cash 6505
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-08

Help

Up til now its been amazing but now it won’t let me watch or download any of my clips?🥲
Sagieflower
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-08

xbox is awesome

i like halo master chief he kills the aliens and doesn’t afraid of ANYTHING!
amrio43
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-08

Glitchy

Very glitchy
dabbendan
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-08

Xbox

Xbox
Gradyissigma
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-08

Connection from app to Xbox and saving clips report.

Everyone I know with an Xbox is having this problem right now. We save clips and it won’t save to the Xbox and when it does it fails to load the clip unless you select trim. And even then you can’t save it to your phone you just watch it under trim. It’s the same with a ton of my friends in person and people on Xbox I’ve asked in the middle of a game. Randoms. They have the same problem. FIX THIS
Watermollstrsr
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-07

Ridiculous and outdated

Clips load sometimes, party chat is terrible, takes forever to load, sometimes I’ll join a party and it’ll mute everyone or if a certain person leaves it will make it to where my app has a loading icon and I can’t do anything about it except close and reboot the app up. The app is terrible I’d give it a .1/10. I’ve got a lot more to talk about but I don’t really feel like typing a book
Kick rocks420
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-07

It’s been out too long to not be decent.

Half my clips just show sad faces? No point in saving clips and making content if I can’t see the clips I recorded?
Jerzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-07

Trash

I try to watch clips I’ve recorded with some friends and it gives me a frowny face. It’s been happening for years now, can’t understand how hard it would be to fix this issue.
Gradpas Love Stains
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-07

Great

Great
Bfbbfjchcbdbdu
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-07

Love at first sight

Xbox since it came out I’ll never switch
ShowerGnome
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-07

Hay

Es lo mejor 🙀😱😱🗣️🗣️🗣️
Chagogol008
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-07

Game clip problems

My game clips don’t usually work on the app
My cat Jeff
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-07

Clips

When I go and try to load clips it gives me a sad face and won’t load , it happens to all the clips please fix
VisuaLz530
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-07

Awesome consoles!!!

The X-Box S is reliable and very fast. Great bargain.
Setts777777
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-07

It deletes my reviews as quick as I can leave em

This app is terrible, lacks majorly in all forms of functionality and the reviews that leave high stars are paid for. Absurd
AppleSucksDonkeyBallsLikeALot
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-07

Sad face on clips

80% of the reason I have this app is to view my clips. Cant even do that. Worthless until this is fixed. Looks like it’s had this problem for years according to Reddit.
Benjiboy III
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-07

Game Passprices increased

Game Pass is already a very poorly valued deal. You get to play a couple hundred games you don’t want to play,
from developers you’ve never even heard of. What made it decent was the lower price of gamepass and the one to three games you actually wanted to play. This new corporate greed mentality makes me want to pick up a book, not a controller.
SaintJP
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-07

Clips

My clips don’t open. i get to open two and then get a sad face with no explanation. Fix your app. Also, you’re a failing company and no one’s buying the next console.
Logan Pennington
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-07

Clips don’t load

I like the app and I enjoy it. But it has so many bugs and it crashes all the time. Everytime I want to download a clip on my phone or even watch it to show it to friends, it crashes, lags, doesn’t load or doesn’t even work. It takes so long to download a clip even WITH good internet. I love the app to have, but I want the bugs to be fixed so I can watch my clips without having to get angry at the app. Thank you.
Alt_1020
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-06

Fustrating

Can’t view my clips on WiFi or data, so why have this app…uninstalled
stevo202119
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-06

Buggy

For a computer company half the time this app doesn’t work, which is insane, I can’t download or even view my clips half the time
Revenant3016
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-06

Took away a lot of options to save videos, half don’t show up. Real glitchy, used to be awesome

Used to be awesome
Soldier0085
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-06

Xbox Baby

Since the 2000’s and Xbox coming out one of my favorite consoles I love this app for capturing my games and saving captures and stuff the only problem I have with this app is that my capture after like a 24 hour period will have the frowny face and I won’t be able to see it ever again however love Xbox and best at least in my opinion a console for all
family6h69291
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-06

Great, until recently

Hi, I hope you guys see this, but, the app has been great, been using it even without an Xbox for mainly Minecraft etc But recently, there have been too many. Bugs to count, with chats not even working for about 2 months, and then forcing me to sign in every time I open the app, please fix!
Pmcrafter12
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-06

👍👍👍

xbox is better than nintendo and playstation
MLL0210
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-06

Perfect

I gone all the time so it really helps me keeping up
daber67
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-06

Clips

Wont let me play or download any of my clips.
djj J jvvhhgft
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-06

Great app

I live the Xbox app. I love the simple way you can save clips to your phone, however I do not like how it deletes captures after 30 days. I had clips from 7 years ago that were so nostalgic, but now they have been deleted by Microsoft. Frick you, Microsoft👆
dncjrhcken khxjeh kehckheckhrc
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-06

Great games

Great discounts
jesussavedmefromhell
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-06

Some issues

For some reason it doesn’t like to keep me signed in when I close the app when I already fixed it
AW0L THANOS
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-06

Can’t hear

Can’t hear threw mic
Prince Morningstar
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-06

Good app

App works well, Just stop raising the price of game pass. It’s getting too expensive…
Clayape
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-05

Trash app and company

They try to steal your money and give you 0 help for any issues
ilitsjsnsbbajauannamedsjsn
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-05

Xbox is Boss

Xbox App is amazing, been with y’all since 99’ going nowhere else
Zanonymous3750
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-05

Can’t see new clips

App is AMAZING, recent update doesn’t allow for the most recent clips from gameplay. Had ZERO issues before please fix !
ThaaDopestKidd
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-05

🫠

Can’t download my clips! Needs another update I guess…
GOOGINATOR
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-05

Clips uploaded not lasting more than half a day before being unwatchable.

A bug that has persisted for several months now has made this app useless beyond messaging people who you could already message in the Xbox console. Upon clipping something in a game and it then uploading to the xbox app, it is viewable, however, not long at all later, it becomes completely useless and only displays a heavily blurred out background of the clips thumbnail and a frowny face in the middle when clicked on.
GhostelGhostedYou
Version 2510.2.8
2025-11-05

Downward Spiral

This app gets worse & worse. Can’t remote play anymore. Won’t play your video clips. Been with Xbox since 2007. But between all that & the ridiculous price jumps… time to dust off my PS5 & abandon ship here.
MoneyGrap2023
Version 2510.2.8
2025-06-02

Microsoft Jewel is underrated

The app itself is great, incredibly functional and useful for corresponding with friends and having your Xbox at your fingertips essentially. While it’s a great interface and offers what anybody would ask for from a companion app, what stands out to me, however, is the hidden “Jewel”.
It started simply as just satisfying my daily reward points requirements. I decided I *did* want 5 extra points daily, couldn’t hurt to play an in-app game.. Little did I know the depth, the range, the fulfillment — that Jewel offers. I found myself incessantly playing it; when I woke up, when I was eating, when I was going to sleep, even while playing my actual Xbox! Very fun game, great time killer and best of all it’s ad free, which is incredibly rare nowadays. (Let’s please keep it that way!) incredibly underrated. I almost didn’t leave a review for it in an effort to gatekeep, but might as well let the world know seeing as it’s just so masterful. Bravo, Microsoft.
sebivsuj
2024-11-16

A must for Xbox fans!

Hi! Been an Xbox fan since 2009! I downloaded this app to go with my XSX (most powerful console ever) and boy does it have versatility! First of all, being able to download games to my hardware is revolutionary! I usually download a bunch of games to my 5TB Seagate HDD and then go to sleep only to wake up and all of my games are downloaded! I can also delete games I no longer play however it’s somewhat inconsistent usually giving me errors only to find out a few hours later the game was removed after all. Also being able to play my games on my iPhone SE 2020 is amazing! They’ve showed up Nintendo with this feature! Lastly, being able to communicate with my friends through my phone is convenient. I’m excited to see what new features will be added next! I personally would love to be able to transfer my games back and forth between the console SSD and the external HDD. Xbox Series X is the most amazing piece of hardware I have owned and I’m looking forward to playing this beast of a machine for the next 10-15 years! It’s future proofed.
Bobobuttface
2024-10-09

Works but has poor compatibility and optimization

I feel like the both the mobile and pc versions of the Xbox app both are getting increasingly unusable, with persisting problems going as far back as 1-2yrs. On mobile there will occasionally be an update that will notify me of friends getting online that aren’t even favorited, or when I do get these notifications it’s when they are online but get on their mobile app too, and it will be happening for a week or more until the next update or two I’m guessing.
On pc many friends as well as I have been having issues with party chat for the past year. At first I had to select a different input and output for party chat and reselect what I was using every time I joined a new party without fail. Now I also have an issue connecting to a party, where I’ll have to wait anywhere from 20s to a minute and still have to switch my input and output back and forth after I finally connect. The initial input and output problem has just recently started subsiding, but I’m still very annoyed with how long I have to wait to connect to a party.
PLEASE optimize for these issues, I’m getting really tired of having to sit through problematic updates where even if one thing gets fixed something else ends up getting broken.
Brandon Purple
2024-08-29

Love it

16jmolii
Edit: This is a still a great app with a lot of great features! Each update does a little mor to improve the experience. I will get on my soap box again though and mention my issu with the clip gallery and video player. In an age where having a high quality playback is must, the app is still falling behind in this department. I shouldn't have wait for it to respond to a landscape orientation and the playback shouldn't force my window to close. interactivity should be seamless. I'd also like to be able to zoom in while watchin clips or looking at screenshots. Hoping for an update that will address this soon! Still a Xbox dude for sure!
Original post: As someone who has stuck with this app since it's launch, I can say that it's come a long way! Way more accessibility throughout the app than in previous versions and connectivity to my Xbox without having to be on the same wifi is my favorite low key feature. While for sure it's earned all five stars the app still isn't perfec Scrolling through saved clips is still a challenge. It would be nice just seem less Lu transition from one clip to another without so much bouncing back and forth. The responsiveness could be a lot better. Not a big fan of the video player the app uses either. Besides that, Microsoft keeps giving me reasons to stick with my console! If vou're an Xbox user vou definitelv need this ann..
hydyeyeyr
2024-06-04

I’ve had my account for over 15 started out originally on 360 when first came out

Everything is great especially finally a rewards system again I think you should get a lil more reward points tho for how expensive the games are the only thing I don’t agree with is paying 17 dollars a month just for 3 -4 actual games people play when you can just get core pass for original an still have access to some games I can’t stress it enough tho Xbox prices need to come down or you guys are going to loose a lot of customers because 70 bucks for a game idc how much work put into it an then having to buy all these expansions an passes just to get in game items I don’t agree with an all that needs to be fixed when you guys release a game it should be a full game especially for 70 but still if you guys would bring it down the prices instead of competing an trying to get top dollar we all know you make a great system Microsoft an always improve the consoles an updates your doing great Microsoft just prices like I said are getting out of hand an not releasing full games an have to pay for content should be in game an have to work for
Gunslaves
2024-03-31

I wish I could make a group post on there.

I have a hard time accessing my Xbox, so would be nice if I could make a group post so I could make new friends. I don’t wanna have to rely on others to find new people to talk to. Been using the Xbox app for a couple of years now and loved it has been telling people to use it but it has a lot of downsides lately they have fixed the glitch use your voice to text. It didn’t work for the longest time and it made me mad because I have difficulty spelling because of dyslexia so I’d have to go on my Notes app and copy-paste stuff from there. Overall, if those issues weren’t there, I would rate this fine out of five. Good job whoever made this app or the team you guys did a really good job and I hope this is you well I don’t wanna be a critic, but I just a lot of things to do are accessible for people. especially if somebody has difficulty having a steady Internet connection but you have a good data provider for your phone.
707Nyx
2023-12-25

So many improvements!!

Edit: This is a still a great app with a lot of great features! Each update does a little more to improve the experience. I will get on my soap box again though and mention my issue with the clip gallery and video player. In an age where having a high quality playback is a must, the app is still falling behind in this department. I shouldn’t have wait for it to respond to a landscape orientation and the playback shouldn’t force my window to close. interactivity should be seamless. I’d also like to be able to zoom in while watching clips or looking at screenshots. Hoping for an update that will address this soon! Still an Xbox dude for sure!
Original post: As someone who has stuck with this app since it’s launch, I can say that it’s come a long way! Way more accessibility throughout the app than in previous versions and connectivity to my Xbox without having to be on the same wifi is my favorite low key feature. While for sure it’s earned all five stars the app still isn’t perfect. Scrolling through saved clips is still a challenge. It would be nice just seem less Lu transition from one clip to another without so much bouncing back and forth. The responsiveness could be a lot better. Not a big fan of the video player the app uses either. Besides that, Microsoft keeps giving me reasons to stick with my console! If you’re an Xbox user, you definitely need this app.
16jmolina
2023-12-15

Good way to play Xbox on the go, one feature missing, however.

While I (sometimes) use this app to play my Xbox, most of the time I use it to use my Bluetooth headphones while playing the console in the same room. However, I discovered (to my disappointment) that there is a 2.5 second delay in the audio. Which was really saddening, as I wanted to play competitive games (like halo infinite, call of duty, etc) with the headphones. I kindly request a version of the "remote play" without the screen, so I can play my Xbox with the controllers bluetooth connected to the Xbox, and my wireless headphones connected to the app so I can have the audio on my headphones, the reason I want a version without the screen is because I'm using a old phone (iPhone XR,) to use the remote play so I can have audio for my headphones, however, the screen is the reason on why my headphones have that delay (I play at 120hz on my Xbox, so of course it slows it down.)
Without the screen and just the audio, I can play with my wireless headphones on the maximum audio graphics (I have to turn on the "high connectivity" mode to play, unless I want a 2 second cutout each minute.)
Sorry if this is a lot to ask, but please. if you have the time, implement it.
Thanks for reading.
APersonOnTheInternet1
2023-10-29

app has become HORRIBLE recently (nov 2022)

November 2023 – still terrible app, you still can't properly view, videos or images from your friends feed, at full screen, nor can you save or download them to your phone, like we used to be able to do.
Pretty sad
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this app used to be pretty good and useful, I actually started using it frequently. However, as of around October/November 2022, the app has become almost useless. I'm mainly referring to the profile/vid user feed. You can no longer download the videos, the app does not work at all in landscape mode on an iPhone 13 Pro (it tries to switch to landscape, but 70% of the screen is cut off and it's all squeezed into a tiny corner) But most importantly, the activity feed/profile section is just terrible. Now, they sacrificed everything just to have the video autoplay function as you scroll (not necessary, this is NOT tiktok!!) . You can no longer full screen, view a video, nor can you download the video to your phone to send to a friend, nor can you comment or like posts from users. It's only become a scroll of auto playing videos that aren't even properly viewable!! pls revert back or fix this mess!! tks
jo2jo
2023-10-18

Great, but the Parties are a No right now.

It’s been great, I’ve had it for about 3 years. But just now, it’s having a problem with joining or creating Parties. When I first open the Xbox App on my iPhone SE 2nd Generation, you can hardly make out what it says (it’s the menu that says joining party), and then goes to saying, “You are not in a Party.” This is something that they need to Fix quickly because I use the Xbox App everyday for my parties. It just now started having this problem. I have my phone on iOS 17.0.3 (the latest fully public iOS available) and the Xbox App is definitely updated to current version. I even restarted my iPhone and left it off for over 15 minutes and still had the problem. I can’t create my own parties or join off of someone else’s invites, and I get ALL Notifications for everything, but it’s just the Parties now. I swear, it’s always something with Microsoft, whether it’s an public issue or someone false reporting me because of how good I am at the game compared to them. PLEASE!! PLEASE!!! PLEASE!!!! FIX THIS!!!!!
Lucas Shu
2023-09-10

Im a Xbox play for over 20 years thank you

So I got banned I believe on call of duty due to the AI endgame chat deal that they just upgraded. I see that Xbox has the same thing as we have been gaming with Xbox for quite some time 20 years plus we all like to joke goof around and play wonderful games that we are provided by you guys… we have family members that served in the United States of America that are veterans and want a free of speech they fought for our country or land, and we have the gay lives matter. I am not being hateful to anybody, but because of the way we grew up and talk and talk trash. We deal with problems now and I hope that Microsoft does not proceed to ban people like I am right now on our headsets. If somebody cannot take a joke, they should not be on the game. Simple as that the gay pride get one whole month but our veterans that fought in bloody wars only get one day very unfair. Selfish. Just wanted to update you guys and hope
We can continue to be apart of Xbox live as we all love to have a grate and blesse day
USA20231995
2023-03-23

One small change could make a big difference

I am small content creator/gamer/dad. If Xbox made it so that I could record my lobby’s voice audio along with mine from game chat and audio from party chat when I record my clips it would be the perfect method for under equipped content creators. Speaking from personal Experience between record clips on my Xbox and using my phone to download and post my clips via tik tok etc… I don’t even have to move from my gaming chair to make content. This small change would allow me to make content with actual audio from me and my friends or catch reactions from people in game chat. It seems like such a small change that wouldn’t matter but it would help out me and so many others like me immensely. Please take this review into consideration and maybe give it a chance. Gaming saved my life and I would just love to show some appreciation and try to help out by giving my opinion on how I see Xbox could improve the experience for gamers like my self.
- Hunter aka (Cryptic)
hunter.318
2023-01-08

BRING BACK CLUBS

The big change few years ago really hurt what was most important about the app. The newer format is easy too navigate, which is nice. But taking away access to clubs was a terrible mistake. I haven’t interacted with clubs since then, besides the occasional screenshot posts. But far as getting together & being able to chat or setup meets in racing games or joining car cruises in Forza Horizon, you really have to do it from a controller- who likes chatting from a controller when you could do it so much easier/ faster on the app. It was amazing before- PLEASE put in a patch for club access, it could just be under “social” or whatever, just bring it back. Playing/interacting together has more players spending more money to play the same games/ DLC’s. All clubs have been dead since that app update few years ago. It’s very annoying to doing it with controller or viewing content only on pc or console when you could be playing the game. Before I could be on break at work and see a scheduled car meet for later in the day, or post to a club from my phone……
drive blaster
2022-11-05

Overall pretty good

I mostly use the app for remote play, which works well with 3 caveats:
1) occasional connection issues, audio stops working, control inputs stop going to the console, etc. most of which can be fixed by force quitting the app.
2) Screenshots work, but for whatever reason "record what happened" only works when not using remote play; when connected via the app, the option does nothing and no clip is recorded.
3) The "don't tell me again" option for the "friendly reminder" about using a 5GHz or wired connection only persists until the app is closed or quits, and then the reminder is shown again, which is really annoying and seemingly a super-easy thing to fix. It's not great advice either -- 5GHz networks can have more potential bandwidth and higher throughput than 2.4GHz, but far less range and penetration, so it's definitely not necessarily the case that a 5GHz network will give you better performance in remote play than a 2.4GHz network.
triforcetr0n
2022-07-12

Remote Play Broken After Update

I was using remote play without issue last week, at work, away from my Xbox One. I ordered a razer kishi gaming adapter for my iPhone which works flawlessly. Now for the last 3 days I haven’t been able to “connect to my console” despite the Xbox app showing everything working as intended, and showing that my console is on (I left it on just to test if it would connect with the app after leaving). I updated my dsn, hard wired to my router, and optimized performance by clearing the cache, freeing up memory, etc. After hours of troubleshooting I am back to square one. I’ve submitted multiple tickets to support and have not heard anything in response. As a loyal paying Xbox gamer of many years I’m truly disappointed in the sudden failure of their mobile support. Beta cloud gaming outperforming your primary app is disgraceful, and the lack of titles on cloud gaming is just disappointing. Let me play the games I own!!
j837261637
2022-02-19

Tragically disappointing

This app is one of the most poorly written apps I have used. Microsoft is a fantastic company. The Xbox live functionality on their console system is superb. However, this app doesn’t function at all like its console counterpart. The “Active Friends” status is rarely accurate, even when you “pull down” to refresh status.
My friends and I love to play Forza using a racing wheel. Since the wheel doesn’t have a headset jack, we use this app to talk. On console, we can join each other’s game or party without an invite. It just works. In the app, it will not. We usually have to text each other to send an invite. If you join the party on console first, the app will not allow voice communication despite being in the party. If you try and send an invite, it won’t allow it because they are already a party member. So you have to leave the party, text your friend to send an invite, then you can finally talk. If you accept the invite, and the app errors out (message saying “something went wrong” which is often does), you are forced to kill the app, reopen it and if you click on the invite, it will not work because the invite is no longer valid. So a party member has to resend the invite. 90% of out conversations begin with the phrase “Did I mention that I HATE this app?”!
What’s even worse is this app used to work really well. It’s been horrible for over a year. This app makes Microsoft look bad.
Prof Silly
2022-01-06

By mistake

I have already filed a report on the online verification process and I unknowingly didn’t enter my recovery email correctly when I initially input my recovery account and since then to my knowledge I haven’t even got a response to confirm weather or not that I could switch my recovery account to the actual account I have also I don’t understand how the account I incidentally entered could even work for the fact that the account doesn’t even exist to my knowledge at least so please get back to me this time so I can use this wonderful app. One other thing that doesn’t make much since is that when I do enter my Microsoft email and password it asked for my account to be verified due to it supposedly having suspicions activity but won’t tell me what that specific action was nor does it give me any information at all about my activity or action that caused my account to me removed from the mobile app when I’ve had my Xbox account for over a decade since the Xbox 360 was my only console at the time. If anyone who isn’t from the Microsoft staff that has incite or knows of a way to fix this issue because I’ve tried everything including going to the Xbox support website that didn’t even help only because I don’t remember much of what I entered when I first upgraded to Xbox one since that was roughly 8 years ago I have a Xbox year one addition with 1TB of storage that I got for my birthday. So please let me know how I can resolve this issue.
TwitchSmoke
2021-11-22

Good but needs settings to be clearer

Okay so I love this app I like texting hang out with friends ect but I found somethings annoying first off I get a notification when I get a text great it’s useful but….I all so get it when I’m in the app and it’s kinda annoying not that big of an issue but the one think I think is annoying is this: Okay so using this app you can send pics cool right? But it can be annoying too first off the settings need to be clearer I have one friend who can’t get pics because of his safety settings….but we can’t find how to turn it off….another thing is anyone can text you now I don’t like friending people I don’t know in real life I have never done it but anyone can text you so I get over 30 messages a day from random people (I don’t know why they texted me) and when I block them there’s this glich that adds them to my friends list!? It’s annoying because a blocked player joined my world because of this glich and it’s not appropriate for kids who use this app to play with friends some random person could add them and just talk with them please fix this I will be vary grateful
engineer74
2021-10-11

Pretty bad app if you ask me

I’ve had this app for over 2 years, everything was good until the new update came out and changed the apps lay out. You maybe thinking it’s not that bad, especially if you don’t use the app a lot, but as someone who uses it often it’s a pretty bad app. The first big problem is that you cannot edit your name, bio and location on the app anymore, which can cause problems for younger people who have their account linked with their partners or care takers Email. The name that you have put up their (example Cake) will be up their when you send emails to people it will have the name cake up there on top of it. So it can mislead people and throw people off that way. I don’t believe you can change the name at all now so whatever it is now is what has to stay and almost the same with the location and bio but you can change it throw your Xbox but it takes away creativity from those two things. There’s a few other issues like glitches with notifications and chat features. I understand that apps are not perfect at all but they really messed it up and caused users some harm. They also need to fix the chat ban stuff. :l
kanna<3
2021-07-28

Notifications & voice memos

I actually really like this app, it works for exactly what I need of it, chats and parties for a little while until I can use my console… the only problem I have with this app is when I’m using the chat feature, as the messages come through, the app sends out a notification. Obviously I want to be notified whenever a new chat comes through- but NOT while I’m already in the chatroom. This isn’t a major issue for me, since I can cut off notifications and just manually check the chats every now and then, it’s just a mild inconvenience is all.
Voice memos is just a feature I would like to see implemented into the app, Instagram & Snapchat have voice memo like features (example of it being possible to put into an app) and the console version is a handy feature to have, if it’s possible to use the mic for parties, then adding voice memos to the app version as well seems like the correct next step.
I’m not an app developer, and I know absolutely nothing about the industry, I am a consumer, and I know that honestly??- we really don’t care about comparing achievements on our phones, we want smooth, portable communication with our Xbox friends….
autumn._rain
2021-06-24

Perfect for gamers with good WiFi

I LOVE this app. Never mind that’s an overstatement. I like this app. I myself am a second Generation gamer. My dad played the very first Halo, Halo: CE when it was on CPU. Now, I play Halo Master Chief and Destiny 2, as well as other iconic games like Rocket League, Apex Legends, Battlefront 2, and Minecraft. I LOVE gaming. Sadly, my WiFi cannot support the remote streaming. I am also disappointed that you cannot fully access the Microsoft store. There are some minor details that I wish this app had as well such as the craptastic controller that you can use on your phone. However, I do like that you can download apps to your Xbox remotely. You can also access all pics and videos remotely as well. Like my friend (Tag: Genxman212) will share his tags with me all the time through the app. This app is good for people who are on vacation or people whose jobs do not require constant attention like firefighters or police officers. This app needs a lot of tweaking but it definitely has lots of potential. My tag is stinkych33Ze shoot me a text and we can hop into an Apex Legends game. Please consider my opinion Microsoft. Peace out!
Masterbuildermicah
2021-06-08

Smh…

I have 300mps internet and my clips won’t even load. That wouldn’t be a problem if I didn’t get banned from downloading clips. For whatever reason, messaging someone that they are bad at a video game is a sin, so they banned me from messaging, saving clips, and joining parties. Kinda annoying the punishment doesn’t fit the crime. They should have banned me from messaging people and that’s it. No reason I can’t save a clip or join my friends party. I also am annoyed at other things. I’m very glad I can see my stats and my friends stats, but I cant see them side by side. I have to go back and fourth to see how much ahead of my friends I am. I also can’t change my name. I used to be able to change my account name in the settings, but they removed that feature and the Microsoft website doesn’t let me either. So my name is always going to be the same. Last complaint is the look of the app. It’s pretty plain. It’s not in 4K or anything. Not a huge deal but it would make me enjoy it more. My rating is gonna be 2 stars until they fix at least one of these things. 💚
spaceunicorn123
2021-04-11

Broken parties

I’ve used this app for a long time, as it’s an efficient alternative to texting other Xbox players, and the parties come in handy if you don’t have a headset available. But recently those parties have been everything but convenient. Every time I join one, it starts to overheat my phone, and that’s the part I can live with. The part that irks me beyond comprehension is the fact that the parties are disconnected for up to 80% of the time you’re in one. Your friends can hear you and you can see from the ring around their pfp that they’re talking, but you can’t hear a word they say. It’s as if they’re mute when they’re not. This makes competitive and even casual games difficult to play with friends. Imagine playing a PVP game such as Apex or R6 and your teammates makes a callout that could save you. But the party was disconnected so you miss the callout and you die. It’s a frustrating experience, and it is more common than not. I don’t know what causes this, and I know it’s not connection issues because those come with alerts, and I have relatively decent connection to begin with. Whatever this issue is, it needs to be addressed if the app is going to continue to function properly.
DarthAutismus
2021-02-06

so buggy and it won’t let me use the app

i only play Minecraft here and there with my friends but i had stopped for a while so i need to go redownload Minecraft as well as xbox. i expected i would need to sign in and so i did and i thought it was working but the pop up to sign into your microsoft account kept showing up. i would enter my password so many times and i would think it would work and it wouldn’t. i tried resetting my password and nothing happened. i gave up, but the other day i wanted to get on the app to friend request one of my friends so we could play minecraft. i opened up xbox and it asked me to sign in again but i had forgotten the password i had changed it to a few weeks prior so i changed it again and made sure to remember it. i said i would try again tomorrow. it’s the next day and i signed in with my new password and the pop up came up repeatedly. i don’t know what to do at this point. this isn’t the only thing too. the one tile i did get it working it was super laggy and it even glitches me out of the app at one point. the app is also hard to navigate, it used to be so much better. i don’t know what you guys changed but stop changing things like sending pictures in chats and making the app look prettier. just make is isabel and fix the glitches. it’s super frustrating and i just wanna play games with my friends. thanks.
beronbica69
2021-01-31

Revert back to original update

Bottom line, I dislike the new Xbox app update. It has been very difficult for me to utilize. I prefer the original version over this garbage. First off, why would Microsoft remove the achievements and activity feed section? I can’t even see nor can I compare with friends: the hours we played, game statistics, achievements unlocked/locked, and even gameplay clips and images.
In addition, I don’t like the fact that my profile page doesn’t include every single game from my library. It even removed my personal activity feed. In other words, I hate the highlights section. The only thing I seem to like about the app is the fact that I can connect my iPhone and Tablet to Xbox One and project games over to it however, it’s not enough to impress me.
I really hope Microsoft see this message and considers reverting back to the original version of the app because there was nothing wrong with it at all. It was easy to work around and things were organized accordingly. This new update is a scattered mess. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT NOW!
BuckMasters24
2021-01-26

New update adds what?

The new updates adds remote play from your phone?! Uh what, google stadia is gonna get absolutely destroyed if Xbox decides to keep updating it. I have a base Xbox one and an iPhone XR and I was able to play some single player games and navigate the menus fine. Within reason obviously, there was a slight delay due to the nature of streaming it but it still felt very very very good to play once I got use to it. And tbh I wouldn’t want to play an intensive multiplayer game or anything like that would probably cause issues to arise like long loading screens and the sorts, as I said I’m using a base Xbox one so maybe the new generation doesn’t even have issues like that. 🙏🙏from the Xbox crew, this app doesn’t feel like a fan made companion app anymore, you’re able to physically operate your device and I’m pretty sure there’s even a remote feature for operating the menus of Xbox If you don’t have you’re controller. Ez I’m not taking this app off my phone unless they take away the remote play. Rip to other phone games. Rip to google stadia. 🪦
slipslopbigbop
2021-01-08

Updates are supposed to improve not degrade

First off the most recent update which apparently went along with the format change in the xbox UI layout getting rid of the multiple left/right home tabs for the different categories such as community or store is a very poorly executed concept on the mobile version especially when trying to find features that were once relatively simple to find but now seem to not exist at all and worst of all the messaging setup with the new format both in the app and on the console is absolutely horrendous!!! Also my xbox elite series 2 controller is perfectly capable of connecting to my iPhone to use when playing things like CoD mobile or a racing sim but you neglect to allow for the mobile app to permit me to change or customize which 3 control setups I have stored on my controller so if I forget to have the perfect ones loaded before leaving for a trip or even daily commute I can’t correct that and fully enjoy playing on the tube or cab ride! That seems like poor planning and I keep thinking it used to be possible but can’t remember for certain.
Drathstar
2021-01-02

Used to be good

I made an account on here in 2019 I think and things were working well for me because the only thing I use it for is to connect with my friends on Minecraft. Thing is that a couple months ago it made me sign in again, but the password was incorrect, so I made a new one. Then, when I signed in with the new password, the white box went down and it looked like it was about to finish loading then the white box came up again. I put in the password again, then it went down for a bit, then it came up AGAIN. I was doing this for a minute or so then just gave up cause it was completely pointless. I sort of forgot what happened but I think I just went on the Minecraft app itself then logged in cause my account was already registered. The only problem I have now is that I can’t even load my screen on this app without having to sign in, wait, sign in again, wait, sign in again, and so on. (By the way, I did all of this months ago but here I am again experiencing the same situation) this is getting pointless and it needs to be fixed this is getting ridiculous I’m not sure if I’m the only one experiencing this but it’s really annoying.
Lot's of Games
2020-12-15

The new update:

I used to be able to navigate the app before the new update. I didn’t know there was one until I checked the app after a while and it looked garbage. The categories are all messed up, I can’t even find the game I play in the search bar for games, because it’s another version of the game but this app used to show it in the search. I don’t even know where any of the old gamer point comparison sections went or are located, and everything is watered down in a way that somehow makes it more confusing. My library says that I have one game in it, though I’ve never bought the game it listed, and the library doesn’t list the actual game I’m playing, even though the game is listed as something I’ve played recently on my profile. I can’t even see who my followers are, because I don’t know how to get tothat section. All in all, this update was utter garbage. The older interface could be a little confusing at some points, but this interface is even more confusing and terrible than the older one. I also had a glitchy sign in, where even though I put the right password, and the enter password screen went down, it would jump up again after less than a second of actually seeing the app. I had to uninstall and reinstall the app to fix that problem. I wasn’t putting in the wrong password, it didn’t say what I was putting in was incorrect.
Starxeid
2020-12-03

Good app, but very glitchy.

I really like this app. It is very well designed and includes many great features. Remote play is great if you have a good connection. However, there are tons of glitches. The startup animation would be good, but every motion of the Xbox symbol causes it to flash before performing the motion. When you rotate the app to landscape or portrait, there are random white blocks that pop up in place of the proper screen rotation animation. The chat is also very glitch. The ui also glitches and flickers quite often. The remote control is better than the one in the previous version of the app. And there are also many other problems not mentioned in this review. What I’m disappointed about is the removal of the ability to check game achievements in the app. I’m also sad that there aren’t many button spread throughout the app to access remote play. Party chat works very well in the app. Overall, this is a great app, but there are a lot of bugs and glitches that ruin it. Please fix these, Microsoft!
Xboxplayer332
2020-11-25

Security and new update

Normally I wouldn’t write reviews but this app was ok until this morning. I was trying to go on the app and it had me put my password, not so bad right? I was ok with it but after I put in the password it made me do it again and again so I decided to reset my phone. So, after I did that I went back on to the app and it’s was super slow and it still made me keep doing my password, so I went to go log out but, after I push any button it makes me do my password AGAIN oh and I did try to push the cancel button but the Microsoft sign in thing popped up AGAIN. Now on to the update. I HATE it the only thing good about it is where the captures are but you can’t change your photo, bio, or location anymore, I mean you might be able to but I have looked over the map. I guess the online offline thing is kinda good but like it’s hard to remember if u have it online or offline without checking which is fine I guess but still. But also, the app takes way to long to load now it was fine back before the update happened actually it was WAY better before it happened, so even if you guys wouldn’t change it back please do and patch the bug that isn’t letting me put my password in.
queenneva
2020-11-10

It’s simply ok.

Overall, the app ever since the update looks and feels pretty sleek. However, there are a lot of smaller issues with it. The biggest issue that I have with it is that Microsoft removed the ability to change your profile picture from the app. There was honestly no point in doing this, since there was nothing wrong with it in the first place. Now, if you want to change your profile picture, you need to get a USB and plug it into your Xbox, wait for it to actually upload, and then you can change it. What was wrong with the old system of simply going into your camera roll on the app then choosing one that way? Another issue is that the app takes a decent amount of time to load, and sometimes won’t even load everything at once (such as your captures). There are also some smaller bugs, such as the app stating that people are offline when they aren’t. However, there are some good things about it (such as the addition of remote play), but in my opinion, they don’t outweigh the negatives. Overall, if you own an Xbox, you might as well get it, but don’t expect a perfect experience.
Mr. Gossard
2020-11-05

Was a great app, but new update is a BIG downgrade

Pros: New look and feel of app is smooth and easy to navigate. Party chat is still available through the app. You can connect to your console through the app now (but this feature doesn’t work for me since I have multiple Xbox’s on my network).
Cons: New update took away the activity feed, so community/sharing elements of Xbox are pretty much gone. In the old format my friends would watch each other’s clips via activity feed and comment/like each other’s posts. This is now totally gone. The notification system is also partially broken. I used to get notified when my favorite’s were online, but now no matter how I set it up the app does not set me push notifications for status’.
This use to be a great app with some mild glitches, but now it’s become a pretty “milk toast” app. Unless you were wanting an app solely to purchase games before turning on your Xbox, this app’s update has taken away its most useful & engaging features. I hope Microsoft eventually adds back in the activity feed, or a similar way to stay engaged with the online community.
THE REAL DEGSLICK
2020-11-04

Remote Play does not work

I downloaded the Xbox App specifically for the remote play feature, but every time I fix one of the problems, a new one came up. (Bluetooth Controller connected to the (CONSOLE???) required then Bluetooth Controller needs to be updated then internet is “too slow” for streaming (which there’s no way to fix)) It said that I could do the streaming thing at home or something like that, but nowhere else. But my phone requires me to click ‘enable’ on the Xbox. But it won’t show up on the screen again. So I had to go to settings to try and test the connection again and now it doesn’t let me enable. And the first time, it said it could be enabled, but it never enabled. So then I try it again, then it doesn’t even show up on the screen. So I go to settings to try and manually do it. That’s when I come across all these different errors, forcing me to be unable to do it. I could get a 3rd party app for streaming and it would work better than this.
By the way, I understand that I have over 600 ping when I play games, but if I wanted to download the Xbox App for no reason (since all the useful features are gone), then I would give this app a 5-star rating. But I downloaded it specifically for remote play.
CreativeFoxDCCL
2020-10-31

No Gamerpic Customization

Although others are addressing this, I want to give more awareness to this as well. Ever since the new Xbox App update, completely revamping the app, I can’t help but notice and am annoyed by the fact that the profile customization (gamerpic, sending photos in chats, etc.) is nowhere to be seen on the app. The app loads slower compared to the older version, which is strange, and the screen always warps itself whenever the device is rotated, forcing me to close the app and restart it. My main concern, however, is on the fact that you aren’t able to customize your profile picture/gamerpic anymore. I’ve tried looking over for a solution, and I found nothing. It feels as if the freedom of speech and expression has been taken away, because other than this, there’s not really any other way to express yourself. Despite no answer so far, I really hope that this issue can be resolved sooner than later, so I can change my gamer picture.
Hammock Shark
2020-10-28

Bring back old version

First off along with what someone else said this app would be better if they switched it to the old version. I use this app to talk to my friends and can not look at other people’s profiles with out my voice being cut off, and no one in the party chat can even hear me any more. I also have to note that in the old version I was able to control the auto output and can no longer do that. There will be times when I am using my AirPods and unless I open the AirPod case; the app won’t pick up my headset connection. There are also times where I’ll be talking and can see my icon lighting up and others but they can’t hear me and I can’t hear them, wether that be through the phone or anything else. Just all around a very messy app, if something isn’t broken stop trying to fix it!! That is all I have to say, and usually I don’t rate apps, but this one has reached my breaking point.
Tessalynnn
Version 2009.1009.1918
2020-10-27

New Update - WORST POSSIBLE APP

Where is the store portion of the app?! I am trying to browse games and can only search, and when I search for “ghost” I get every game with ghost in the description, in no discernible order. I do not get titles with Ghost listed first. I have a huge tile for Minecraft on the top of my page. I would never play Minecraft. I’m an adult trying to spend my money, but you want to make it harder. There are no options to customize the layout or to put stuff I care about on the screen. I don’t care what my friends are playing. In fact, friends are what I’m avoiding by playing Xbox. Are you trying to remind me how much I miss society?
I am trying to buy a game! Are you making it harder for me to purchase through the app?! I can see no way to browse for games. I’ve checked.
Did you guys acquire the five dumbest chimps you could find, put them in a room with crayons and a disco ball, then say “draw our new interface!”?!?! I don’t care what my friends are playing. I don’t even like most of my friends, but at least they didn’t design this app. This is AWFUL.
Scumboldt
2020-10-26

Loving the new redesign!

Ever since the update went live, I’ve been digging this new user interface and the ability to easily share your captures very intuitively and downloading games to your console before you choose to purchase it digitally or via disc, so you can play the game on day one instantly. However, there are some additional features I’d like to have in there as well. The Xbox Store isn’t in here to discover new games. Though searching for a game to download is easy, I think adding more detail, like the current store on Xbox One / Series X/S would be a plus. Next, the onscreen keyboard. I did hear that using your phone to type your message straight to your console was coming, but it’d be nice to incorporate that somehow seamlessly. And also for 360 games, I noticed you can’t download them to console yet? Not sure if that’s a work in progress, but that’d be nice to add alongside original Xbox games too. Other than that, I love this new design and can’t wait for many more updates to make this next gaming experience much better!
NojPoj917
2020-10-26

I have one thing to say

There’s a ton of problems with the app in the new update but theres lots of other people writing reviews so I won’t take twenty minutes of my day to go on a rant about the app because honestly it’s not worth it. However there is one thing that I absolutely hate about the update and have no idea why they got rid of it. You Literally Cannot Customize Your Game Picture Anymore. Nor can you send pictures to people in messages. Normally I wouldn’t care about this since I don’t want to change my gamer picture, however one of my friends in order to spite me used this update to change my gamer picture and now I can’t change it back, I have to use a default picture. Which in fact is a real bummer. I like to have the freedom to customize my profile in any kind of social media. And no matter what you say Xbox is undoubtedly a social media, you can text, send game clips,(used to be able to send pictures), you can talk, and some other things but people don’t usually use these because Xbox is a console and is generally used for gaming. I can mind the glitches with the new update but I cannot overlook the fact that they have completely done away with a key feature in the profile customization. All in all I believe they should scrap this new update and revert it to the previous one.
Always bugging you !
2020-10-23

New Update...

This app USED to be good. Key words being "used to." Before the latest update, the xbox app was really good and I had very few issues with it. Ever since the new update, I have absolutely HATED using this app. Obviously this is my opinion right now, but I hate almost every single thing that has changed (and a bunch of my friends agree.) First off, the app takes longer to load in than it used to. Second off, the whole messaging / chatting with others is awful. Sending messages can be delayed a lot and sometimes not even send. You can't send pictures anymore. And also, if you have notifications on, it'll glitch over and over and over again whenever someone messages you (meaning even if you are on a chat with someone currently texting each other, whenever they text you, a notification will buzz at the top of ur screen.) This glitch is only fixed if u reload the app, and even then, after a few minutes of texting, the notification buzzing will still show up again. Another thing I hate is the online / offline thing. I don't like how when you are on a chat with someone, it says they are offline, even if they are actually online. It only says they are online on the home screen, which is very annoying. Honestly, the only thing I do like about this update is our captures all in one area.
Obviously this probably won't happen, but I feel like this app would be way better if the update was just taken off, and the app was reverted back to its old state.
Puppylover20066
2020-10-21

They took a huge step BACKWARDS

I have had the Xbox app for a year now. It is quite convenient for people like me who like accessibility options in a app. However it their newest update. They changed one of the best features in the Xbox app, the ability to change your gamer pic to a custom gamer pic from your phone with ease. It couldn’t have been any simpler. You add a picture into your phones picture library. Then you go to your profile in the app, hit customize profile, and then all you had to do was choose the picture. I know it’s not impossible to change your gamer picture to a custom one, but still
they had no reason to complicate this feature. Microsoft, if your reading this, then just put the profile customization back the way it was on the Xbox app. While I must say some of the new long awaited features such as knowing when a game has downloaded is great. But I still want to have the ability to change my gamer pic to spongebob dabbing on Ali A’s head without having to buy a usb.
ThatOneFella18
Version 2009.1009.1918
2020-04-11

So many bugs

To start off I have tried to figure out how to contact Xbox about this by using the app support button next to download, it does not bring you somewhere to report an actual bug and is very difficult to navigate.
1. The biggest issue that is occurring right now is that party’s and Voice chats WILL NOT WORK they won’t even let you open them and just say “Something went wrong” this is highly annoying and I’ve signed in and out and uninstalled and reinstalled, Xbox app is what I use as an alternative to using a mic since the mic on your headsets decide to stop working in the early months of purchasing. The app is also connected to my console and disconnecting and reconnecting did not work
2. Second biggest bug which everyone has been having issues with for months yet you have not fixed it is where in the party people can still hear you but you are unable to hear them. Most of the time if it’s a party of let’s say four. You can hear one person at a time and every couple of minutes it allows audio of the next person to come through but shuts the other person off. The other half of the time you can’t hear a single person. Please fix this as you’ve been made aware of this for months and is ridiculous.
Midgetsss
2020-04-08

Been done but a giant bug for Xbox app users

So,Me and my friends use the Xbox app all to the in order to change our profile picture lately but every time I go to change it and upload the picture I get an error saying we cannot upload “anything right now” please try again later. And that has been going on for a week and you haven’t heard about the problem either the error is just at my side and not anyone else who has the Xbox app. But I do advise I can say that can you please try to figure out what’s wrong and why we can’t change our profile pictures to the custom ones I recently just stayed up till 3:00 making a profile picture just to get The holy grale of my first error on the app. And I have a very stable internet connection and should have no problem doing anything WiFi related. If Xbox support or any Microsoft management read this report please try to get this done I know your dealing with a Xbox error we’re it shows everyone offline sometimes but once you fix that problem can you please consider on fixing this. Thank you for your time.
B0N6S
2020-04-02

Awesome app, just can’t upload profile pictures anymore😤

It’s an awesome app to use to keep up with stuff on your profile but just recently I have been having a problem where I go to change my profile pic and when I change the current pic to the one that I want on my phone it says to upload then I upload it but then it say error it’s not able to be uploaded right now try again later. So I try later and even the next day and it still won’t work. And if your saying I change my profile pic to much I don’t I’ve only changed it 3 times in the past to years. And I’m on an iPhone XR and my internet is fine but some people are already experiencing this bug so please Microsoft... please fix this. I’d love to have the ability to change my profile pic back please.
Other than that the app is above average so it would be 5 stars but there are some minor bugs like the one I discussed.👍🏻
Jude Kolarcik
2020-03-15

Reporting Two Bugs

I’ve been trying to use this app for the three months but it’s a serious problem. The app has a bug where it won’t launch and you’ll be stuck with an infinite loading circle on your screen. After restarting the app well over fifty times it has refused to work so I tried reinstalling it and that didn’t work either. My second problem is that the party chat continuously cuts in and out making it incredibly difficult to communicate with people because I have ask them repeatedly what they said. I have a brand new IPhone XR so it’s not my iPhone. My internet is fine and I’ve even tried it with my mobile data and it still won’t work. I even had my friend try it too and he says it cuts in and out. Even when I unplug my head phones from my phone it still won’t make a sound until a few minutes later. Please fix this bug, it was working perfectly until a few weeks ago. You try to add new updates and try to make do more things but it shouldn’t need too. Your console is perfectly fine and your app was fine until you screwed it up. I love your console but there’s no need to try and battle with PS4 anymore. At this point its based on personal preference of the consumer and not whether the console runs faster or not. If they want a faster console then they can get the S or the X or the New one when it comes out. Stop trying to make change it. This app doesn’t deserve a 4.7 rating because it has so many huge bugs
Ashlannde
2020-02-01

Xbox One App is..... okay?!

I started using the Xbox App because I wanted to try out the Remote Feature on it and it was pretty good and all being able to move on the screen and things like that, but then it became useless to me I obviously use a controller now and using the remote would just be for fun or no reason at all, but here is something they should add, being able to see your controller battery and maybe headset battery if you have a wireless one like myself. It would be that feature that would be useful for people who might not have a charger or then just wanting to know what it’s at because they could buy batteries or they could buy things that would be based off of that feature. The app sometimes is buggy and won’t let me get in but usually it’s pretty good, I don’t use the Xbox App too much because theirs usually nothing interesting I’d need to see on it, but that’s just my opinion so whatever you guys use it for would be good and all but I don’t see myself using that much, but for the people who do use it i will give this a 4 star but if that feature got added I will gladly change my rating
320jwkefjkaw;we
2020-01-19

REPORTING A BUG!!!!

There is a bug with the Xbox Phone App after the most recent update that was rolled out. While talking in party chat on the Xbox Phone App the sound will randomly cut out on one or more people in the party with you. You can still see that those people are talking, you just can’t hear them, and I have also confirmed that those people can hear you even though you can not hear them. It is not an internet issue as it happens to me whether I am on the wifi or (disconnecting from wifi and) using my phone data. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling, still did not fix my problem. Own a brand new iphone 11 I got for christmas and using the headphones that came with, so it isn’t that my phone/headphones are super old or anything. This was not a problem until the most recent update for the app a few weeks ago.
This is as inconvenient as it gets for someone who relies on the xbox phone app to talk with friends in party chat while we play, and is so frustrating that i have almost had to stop playing xbox entirelt. To add to my frustrations i am running out of time to play EA access and Gamepass free trials with my friends because of this, and i know xbox is going to give me zero compensation for this. Strongly considering selling my xbox because of this situation if it doesnt get fixed SOON.
Bgary19
2019-07-29

Good concept, but incredibly broken.

The Xbox app is amazing the first time you see it. You can access you account on the go and do so many things. However, the app’s downfalls become apparent very soon. First of all, you need a wifi connection to access the app, it will not work with cellular data. So, the whole aspect of xbox on the go is completely thrown out of the window. Secondly, you’ll be very luck if you can actually use the app. For at least one week out of the month the app just doesn’t work. You try to launch it, but you are met with either a blank green screen or a n infinite loading wheel. I’ve tried restarting, redownloading, and even costumer support, but nothing can fix it. Over time it will just fix itself and one day you’ll try to launch the app and it will just work for no reason just as suddenly as it stopped working. My final issue it the built in keyboard. Xbox has a wonderful system that detects the keyboard on your xbox and allows you to type on your phone. This is great for multiplayer games with a chat system. However, like the app itself this feature is very spotty. Sometimes the keyboard on the app will just stop popping up and it won’t ever pop up for the next week to month. Then it will just magically fix itself again. There are also tons of little bugs that litter that app that at sometimes, makes the app completely unusable. The Xbox app definitely doesn’t deserver the 4.7 out of 5 that it currently has.
+Killer47+
2018-05-22

Does some things reliably; some things rarely.

You can always see who’s online from your friends list, and what they’re playing. Messaging works well too.
However; the ONE THING the app is absolutely advantageous over a controller for accessing your console with - does not work consistently. The on screen keyboard, lets you type quickly on your phone - much faster than using a controller. When it works, this feature is extremely convenient, letting you input text to your Xbox or games in time spans you never could without the app. But good freakn’ luck getting the keyboard on the app to come up when you have an on-screen keyboard on your console. It’ll work sometimes, and other times you can pull up the keyboard on your Xbox again and again and again - to have the app do nothing. Which, needless to say - is very frustrating. To have such a convenient feature work intermittently and be completely unusable at other times is maddening. If that singular function worked reliably, I would say this is a magnificent app. But right now; it just doesn’t.
PolarSpectram
2017-10-20

Been using this for a year and still glitched

I’ve done reviews before and the same people issues are there. Messages from friends come up on my screen with the complete message for all to see. Doesn’t matter if it’s locked or not. So have have to set my phone notifications to not preview at all which therefore requires me to open up the app every time a I a generalized “Xbox notification” on my iPhone. Why can it go back to beeping with a discreet “ you gave a message from John Doe gamer tag”? That was the best way but it’s been a year. Next the app starts to randomly show all my friends offline whenever it wants to when I know do a fact they are on the app. Also we use to have time stamps for when a message came through the app now I have no idea when it was sent if I don’t hear the first and only beep. They do a lot of updates and such but I just want basic message functioning cuz that my main reason for using the app.
Diagonalley