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Just like handheld devices, modern-day gaming consoles have quality-of-life features that weren’t present on older machines. Thanks to a machine’s connectivity, players can access and manage their gaming collection from their mobile phones and install games on theirXbox Series X/Swhile away from the home console.
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Installing games on theXbox Series X/Sand PlayStation 5 are a long way from gaming machines in the 80s that could take 25 minutes to load one section of a game using a cassette tape. Nowadays, with a fast internet connection - for potential updates - one can install 100 GB of titles within an hour while the machine sits in standby mode.
Settings To Install In Standby Mode
Install A Disc-Based Game In Standby Mode
The most common method of installing a video game is to insert a disc into the Xbox Series X/S and install it from there. Thanks to the Xbox’s standby settings, players don’t need to keep the machine on for the game to install on the console if they have the above settings.
Place a disc-based Xbox game into the Xbox Series X/S, hold down the Xbox Button, and selectTurn off the console. The game will install from the disc and -should - automatically install updates in standby mode. However, the Xbox can occasionally require the player’s permission to install updates. So it’s often better to wait a minute for the prompt before switching off the machine.
Install A Game Using The Xbox App
The Xbox has two official apps that players can use to install games.The Xbox app allows players to purchase and install games directly to the console in standby mode. The second is theXbox Game Pass app. The app letsplayersinstall games only included in the Xbox Games Pass subscription. With the above settings ready, one can install a game remotely using the following instructions:
The game will download to the Xbox from a remote location while in standby mode. However, one should be aware that the Xbox Series X/S will (obviously) consume more energy than it would if it was powered off or disconnected from the mains.
