Global settings - Better xCloud (2025)

Check Stream settings for settings that can be changed while playing.

General

Language

• Set the language of Better xCloud

Bypass region restriction

• Allow playing Xbox Cloud Gaming in unsupported regions without having to use VPN

Controller-friendly UI

• Make it easier to interact with the UI using only controller, keyboard or remote control

Enable the "Remote Play" feature

• Allow using Remote Play on the website
• Learn more

Server

Region

• Allow connecting to another server instead of the default one
• It's not using VPN

Preferred game's language

• Allow setting the default language of the game
• If the game doesn't support this language, it will use the language set by the server

Prefer IPv6 server

• Might reduce latency

Stream

Target resolution

• Set the resolution of the stream

Change visual quality

• Increase/decrease the quality of the stream to your liking

Maximum video bitrate

• Set the preferred maximum bitrate of the video stream
• It's normal (not a bug) if the real bitrate is sometime higher than this value.

Enable volume control feature

• Allow boosting the stream's volume up to 600%

Disable post-stream feedback dialog

• Self explanatory

Apply video filters to screenshot

• Screenshots will be captured with filters applied (brightness/contrast/...)

Enable microphone on game launch

• Automatically enable the mic when starting to play a game.

🎮 Fortnite: force console version

• Allow playing the Save the World mode on mobile

Game Bar

Position

• Position of the Game Bar on the screen

Local co-op

Enable local co-op support

• Allow playing some co-op games locally
• Learn more

Mouse & Keyboard

Native Mouse & Keyboard

• This feature is only available on Chrome/Edge/Chromium browsers on desktop and Better xCloud Android app

Emulate controller with Mouse & Keyboard

• Allow playing xCloud games with Mouse & Keyboard
• Learn more

Hide cursor on idle

Hide the mouse cursor after 3 seconds of not moving.

Touch controller

Availability

• Only for devices with touch support (Android/iOS/iPadOS/...).

• Using Desktop mode in mobile browsers also disables this feature.

  • Default: nothing change.
  • All games: enable touch controller support for all games. Games with custom layout won't be affected.
  • Off: stop the touch controller from showing when touching the screen. Useful when you play on a device with a built-in controller like Logitech G Cloud, Steam Deck, etc.

Button styles

• Default
• Muted
• All white (only for standard/default controller)

Custom touch controller layouts for non-touch supported games

Loading screen

Show game art

• Replace the black background with game art if it's available.

Show the estimated wait time

• The time is estimated by the server
• It's not 100% correct: you might get in the game sooner or later

Rocket animation

• Always show/Hide when queuing/Always hide.
• Hide this animation might save some battery life while queuing

UI

Layout

• Switch between default layout and Smart TV layout (without having to change User-Agent).

Show wait time in game card

• Show the current wait time of the game after 1 second

Show controller connection status

• Show/hide the toast message when a controller is connected/disconnected

Simplify Stream's menu

• Hide the labels of the menu buttons.

Skip Xbox splash video

• Save 3 seconds.

Hide System menu's icon

• System menu is the menu bar with the dots icon as a handle when playing
• You can still click on it, but it doesn't block the screen anymore

Reduce UI animations

• Disable transition CSS property in some elements.

Disable social features

• Features like friends, chat...
• Disable these will make the page load faster

Hide sections

• Allow removing some sections on the home screen

Other

Disable xCloud analytics

• The analytics contains statistics of your streaming session, so I'd recommend allowing analytics to help Xbox improve xCloud's experience in the future.

Advanced features

User-Agent

• Useful when you're using unsupported browsers.
• This setting only affects xCloud, and it doesn't change browser's global User-Agent.