I got fed up waiting for an Xbox remote play app on Apple TV, so I built one. Looking for a few testers.
There is a good PlayStation remote play app for Apple TV. There is no decent Xbox equivalent, and after a couple of years of assuming one was coming, I gave up waiting and made it.
It is called XBridge. It connects to an Xbox you already own on your own network and streams it to the Apple TV: picture, sound, and your controller.
This is not cloud gaming and it does not need Game Pass. Your console, your games, your saves.
It is a proper tvOS app rather than a stretched iPad one, which mattered more than I expected. XBridge now keeps controller input out of the
tvOS navigation layer entirely while you are playing, and its own menu opens with Play/Pause on the Siri Remote instead.
What I would like help with
I have only been able to test this against my own Series X, on my own network,
with my own controllers. That is the part I cannot fix alone. Four questions:
- Does it find your console?
- Does it stream?
- Does your controller work properly in a game?
- Can you open the XBridge menu (Play/Pause on the Siri Remote) to stop streaming, and change the picture and sound settings?
Anything else that breaks is welcome too, but those four are what I actually cannot answer myself.
Being upfront about a few things:
- It uses Microsoft's own remote play protocol, which is not publicly documented. It works, but it is not an official integration and I am not affiliated with Microsoft.
- Wi-Fi matters a lot. If your console and your Apple TV are both wireless, every frame crosses the air twice. Putting the console on Ethernet makes a noticeable difference.
- It will be a paid app after release (with a free trial). One purchase, no subscription.
Happy to answer anything, and genuinely grateful for whatever breaks.
TestFlight link: https://testflight.apple.com/join/aD636wQW
I only need a few people to check, so first come first serve