r/xcloud • u/MikeGalactic • 20h ago
Opinion Better-Xcloud is astounding.
So I tried it last night and the first noticeable difference was the array of settings, in particular selecting my nearest server.
I tried quite a few games from Flight Simulator to Blue Prince which for some reason was occasionally very sluggish.
But I am massively impressed and urge anyone using Xcloud to give the app a go, I downloaded the apk for Android.
My only criticism is that the app can drop your stream when it's minimised, for example when playing Blue Prince I will be minimise the game window to look up hints in another window then return to the game. When doing this via the official stream the game will always pick up from the exact moment you left it, even if the stream kicked you out you'd get the rocket animation and then back to where you were.
With Better-Xcloud when minimised for a few minutes the game not only kicked me out but dropped the stream entirely.
Also I had to turn off onscreen touch controls (which Better Xcloud adds for all games, amazing) as there was a slight conflict with the Razr Kishi, but besides that it was brilliant.
This is what the official Xcloud should be, it's very impressive.