How to Play Xbox Games on Your Mobile Device With Touch Controls
Reading Time: 3 minutesEnjoy a controller-free Xbox experience on your mobile device with Xbox’s Play With Touch controls.
Streaming fully-fledged Xbox titles away from a console has helped make console gaming accessible and hardware free.
Xbox’s Game Pass service allows you to stream any Xbox game listed on Xbox Game Pass directly to your mobile device so you can play on the go.
But do you still need an Xbox controller? Luckily, Xbox Game Pass supports features that mean you may not even need a controller to stream your favorite Xbox games on the go.
But how do you stream from Xbox Game Pass to your mobile and play controller free? Let’s find out.
What Is Xbox’s Play With Touch Feature?
By utilizing the Xbox Game Pass application, you will be offered various features depending on what type of mobile device you access the application with.
If you want to set up Xbox Game Pass on an Android device, you will need a phone running Android version 6.0 or higher. And similarly, if you want to set up Xbox Game Pass with an Apple device, you will need to be running iOS 12 or higher.
With Game Pass running on your mobile device, you will be able to access the Play With Touch feature for the games available to be streamed to your mobile. This category of games marks every game you can play without a controller making Game Pass streaming console-less and controller-less.
By using games marked in the Play With Touch category, you are ensuring that you won’t ever need to utilize a controller when you want to stream your favorite Xbox games on Game Pass, but what games are supported by Play With Touch?
What Games Are Available Through Play With Touch?
While Xbox Game Pass gives you access to the full Game Pass library for streaming, if you don’t want to use a controller, your choices are limited.
Luckily, there are still plenty of options to choose from when it comes to Game Pass’s titles that support Play With Touch, including many AAA titles.
For the full list of Xbox Game Pass titles that support Play With Touch see the official Xbox Cloud Gaming listings, otherwise here are some of the best titles you can Play With Touch:
- Persona 5.
- Dead Cells.
- Fortnite.
- Pentiment.
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
- Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey.
- Gears 5 Game of the Year Edition.
So while you may be limited in being able to stream the entirety of Xbox Game Pass without a controller, there are still some great and recognizable titles available for streaming without the use of a controller.
How to Use Xbox Game Pass and Play With Touch on Your Mobile
Now that you know what Xbox Game Pass’s Play With Touch feature is and what games are available through the service, you may want to know how to actually use the feature and start streaming to your mobile, controller-free. To start streaming through Xbox Game Pass without a controller, follow these steps:
- On your mobile device, load the Xbox Game Pass application.
- From the Xbox Game Pass’s home screen, scroll down the sub-categories until you find Play with touch and select Show all.
- This will take you to the list of games available to be streamed without a controller. Select the title you wish to stream.
- To start streaming your selected game directly to your mobile device, select Play.
Once your game loads, an adjustable overlay will appear over your screen. This overlay is your substitute for a controller and by touching the on-screen prompts you will be able to navigate your game just as if you were using a controller.
With your game loaded, and the overlay available as a substitute for an Xbox controller, you’re all ready to start streaming without a controller or console.
Expand Your Streaming Experience With Xbox
With Xbox supporting console and controller-less gaming on your mobile device for some of their best games, it’s incredibly easy to jump into Xbox streaming and start playing your favorite games wherever you may be.
And with Xbox expanding the available platforms you can use Xbox Game Pass on to include TV displays, you can further your streaming horizons to not simply include your mobile device, but also your TV display, making the service even more accessible.