Microsoft was already streaming games to Android devices, but this week’s ruling could allow it to sell games directly through Google’s Play Store.

Xbox currently doesn't let you buy games on its app, but the company says the Epic v. Google decision could allow for a true mobile store.

Microsoft's Xbox app on Android will soon become a fully-fledged storefront that allows users to buy games directly from their mobile phones and devices.

Meanwhile, Microsoft is working on a browser-based Xbox mobile store of its own to take on the Google Play Store and the App Store. Indeed, its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which owns Candy Crush maker King, was in part driven by the desire to boost its mobile game offering ahead of the launch of this store.

Thanks to a recent court ruling forcing Google to let third parties host their own app stores on Android, Microsoft will allow for in-app purchases and gameplay via the Xbox Android app.

It's taken a while, but Microsoft has announced that you can finally play and buy Xbox games via the Android app

Microsoft has announced that it will launch an Xbox store within its Android mobile app in November. This will let users buy and play Xbox games directly on their mobile devices. This only comes because of a recent court ruling in a lawsuit between Google and Epic Games that forces Google to open up the Play Store to competition.

After Google was forced to open up the Play store in a lawsuit, Xbox games will soon make their way on to the Xbox app on Android.

Xbox games are coming to Android in a way many have probably hoped for for a while. Soon, you’ll be able to buy Xbox games directly from the Android Xbox app. Microsoft’s President of Xbox Sarah Bond confirmed the upcoming change on X on October 10,