Xbox December Update: Xbox Mobile App Updates, Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Audio Support, and More
To close out 2025, we have some new feature updates coming your way that continue our mission to elevate your Xbox gaming experience. A dedicated store tab has been added to the Xbox mobile app so you can quickly find new games to play. Additionally, a new update to the Xbox Wireless Headset brings Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Audio support, extending your headset’s battery life while improving your overall audio quality. Read more about these updates including the Fallout Pip-Boy Xbox Wireless Controllers and Fallout 76-themed dynamic background, as well as new game additions, below.
Here’s What’s New
Xbox Mobile App Updates
In April, we added the ability to buy games or subscribe to Xbox Game Pass directly from the Xbox mobile app. We’ve now added a dedicated Store tab to more quickly find the games you love, so you can purchase games, add-ons, and join Game Pass with a click of a button. Plus, we’ve added new features to make browsing easier: You can add games to your Wishlist and search for add-ons directly in the app.
Check it out and start exploring today!
Xbox Wireless Headset: Next-Level Audio for Windows 11 Devices
The Xbox Wireless Headset was designed to put you right in the action with clear sound, easy controls, and smooth integration with your Xbox console. As Xbox gaming expands to Windows 11 PCs and handhelds like the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, we’re bringing that same premium experience everywhere players choose to play.
Today, we’re excited to share a new firmware update for the latest Xbox Wireless Headset that adds Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Audio support. This update, built in partnership with Windows, brings top-tier audio performance to the latest Windows devices.
Bluetooth LE Audio goes beyond saving battery life, it makes your audio experience better. With this update, you’ll get:
- Lower latency: Enjoy high fidelity wireless audio with less latency than Bluetooth Classic audio, that stays perfectly in sync with what you see on-screen.
- Better battery life: Play longer between charges thanks to improved power efficiency.
- Super wideband stereo voice: Enjoy richer stereo sound, even while chatting with your squad.
- Broadcast audio: Shared audio (preview) on Windows 11 lets you share your game audio across multiple compatible Bluetooth accessories.
Earlier this year, we announced super wideband stereo audio on Windows 11, taking game chat to the next level. Here’s what that means for you:
- Immersive game audio: Hear soundtracks, effects, and dialogue with greater clarity and depth. You’ll hear subtle environmental cues and spatial details like never before.
- Crystal-clear voice chat: Your voice sounds natural and sharp – perfect for team coordination.
How to experience the new features:
- Firmware update: Available now via the Xbox Accessories app on your console or Windows 11 device. Make sure you’re using the latest Xbox Wireless Headset (launched October 2024).
- Bluetooth LE Audio: Requires a Windows 11 device that supports Bluetooth LE Audio.
- Super wideband stereo audio: Requires the latest updates to Windows 11, version 24H2 or later, and audio driver support from your PC manufacturer. Coming soon to ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X.
- Shared audio (preview): Currently available to Windows Insiders on select Windows 11 PCs.
This update is all about giving you the best possible audio experience, whether you’re strategizing with friends or diving into a solo adventure. Ready to upgrade? Connect your headset and update today. [Back to Top]
In Case You Missed It
Xbox Accessories – Fallout Pip-Boy Controllers
Introducing the Xbox Wireless Controller – Fallout Pip-Boy and the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 – Fallout Pip-Boy, available exclusively with Xbox Design Lab.
Suit up with a customized design inspired by the iconic Pip-Boy and show off your survival skills with the official top case and side cap details. Want to make it truly yours? Customize nearly every component – swap parts, choose your colors, and add an engraving for that personal touch.
Both controllers pair fast and work seamlessly across console, PC, and cloud gaming. Plus, with the Xbox Accessories app, you’ll unlock exclusive button mapping options for ultimate control. Design yours today!
Xbox Console – Dynamic Background
Fallout 76 introduced a new dynamic background for Xbox Series X|S consoles, allowing you to customize your console and experience the new Burning Springs content. [Back to Top]
Game Additions
Handheld Compatibility Program – Helping Players Play Smarter
The Handheld Compatibility Program makes it easier for you to identify which games are optimized for handheld play. This update is now visible on product detail pages across all Windows devices and featured in the handheld compatible channel on Home on supported Windows handhelds. Recently, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Fortnite were added to the program.
Xbox Play Anywhere – Buy once, play anywhere
Over 1,000 games now support Xbox Play Anywhere, making it easier than ever to switch between PC, console, and supported handhelds, at no extra cost to you. Jump into games like Silent Hill 2 and Snake.io now. Your progress travels with you, including saves, add-ons, and achievements. Just sign in with your Xbox account on any device and pick up right where you left off.
These are the games added to the Xbox Play Anywhere collection in October:
- 1000xResist
- A Pizza Delivery
- Bioprototype
- Bioweaver
- Brotherhood
- Bucketcrusher
- Build a Bridge!
- Cat God Ranch
- Chopper Strike!
- CloverPit
- Cricket 26 – The Official Game of the Ashes
- Dark Light
- Dave The Diver
- Dead Static Drive
- Diamond Painting ASMR
- Dragon Ruins II
- Egging On
- El Coco
- Football Manager 26 Console
- Football, Tactics & Glory – Treble Deluxe Edition
- Heroes of Mount Dragon
- Hide ‘N Seek!
- Kentum
- Kill It With Fire! 2
- Let Them Come: Onslaught
- Lost Ember: Rekindled Edition
- Love is all around 2
- Morsels
- Nice Day for Fishing
- Pigeon Simulator
- Pocket Minigolf
- Sailing the Winds
- Schildmaid MX
- Silent Hill 2
- Snake.io
- Street Racer Collection (QUByte Classics)
- Suzerain
- Syberia
- Total Chaos
- Trivia: Knowledge Trainer – the Quiz Game
- Wild West: Hidden Objects
- Winter Burrow
- Young Suns (Game Preview)
Check out the full list of available games that players can enjoy anywhere.
Stream your own game – Over 1000+ games
We’re continuing to grow the Stream your own game collection in Xbox Cloud Gaming. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and Essential subscribers can now stream from a library of 1000+ games they own, across supported devices. That includes titles like Brawlhalla and Resident Evil 3 for Xbox.
More games, more flexibility, and more ways to play – wherever you may be.
Recently added:
- Ball Blast
- Brawlhalla
- Chicken Run: Eggstraction
- Ember Knights : Heroes of the Nexus Edition
- Hot Wheels Let’s Race: Ultimate Speed
- NBA Bounce
- Ninja Gaiden 4
- Pacific Drive
- Puff Up
- Resident Evil 2
- Resident Evil 3 for Xbox
- Schoolboy Escape – Xbox Edition
- Sea Fantasy
- Super Hero Demolition
- The Jackbox Party Pack 11
- The Outer Worlds 2
- …and many more!
Check out the full list of cloud-playable games available to stream on supported devices here. For more information on Stream your own game, learn more here.
More games added to Retro Classics
Great games deserve to stick around, and we’re making sure they do. Xbox and Antstream Arcade are bringing retro favorites to modern devices with Retro Classics available on Game Pass, so players can keep enjoying the classics. With over 1 million players already diving into Retro Classics, here’s a look at the titles that are coming soon to Retro Classics:
- Codename: Iceman
- Plaque Attack
- Police Quest 2
- Space Shuttle
Xbox Game Pass subscribers can join weekly tournaments, take on community challenges and enjoy a growing library of Activision and Blizzard games with the Retro Classics collection set to expand to more than 100 titles over time. Click here for more information on Retro Classics.
Xbox adds mouse and keyboard and touch controls for more games
Xbox supports the use of wired USB mice and keyboards for navigation in select games and apps, as well as across Xbox and Windows devices.
For players enjoying Xbox games on mobile, Xbox touch controls deliver a controller-free experience for hundreds of titles. Today, there are 130+ games with mouse and keyboard support active on cloud and 230+ games with touch controls available on cloud, giving you more ways to play than ever before.
Some games even provide custom control overlays or render their own touch layouts, creating a tailored experience for each title’s unique gameplay. Learn how to set up and customize your touch controls here.
Here are the latest titles added this month:
Mouse and keyboard:
- Anno 117: Pax Romana
- Colorful Boi
- Compass of Destiny: Istanbul
- Discounty
- Elemental War
- Golfing Aether
- Mineral
- Sodoku Classic X
- Spell Disk
- Tensei
- The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters
- The Medium
- Tiny Pixels Vol. 2 – Stormy Knights
- Your Computer Might Be At Risk
- Zombie Hill Racing
- Zues Quest: The Rebirth of Earth
Touch:
- Brotato
For support on setting up devices, see here for more details. [Back to Top]
Help Shape the Future of Xbox
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We love hearing from the community, whether it’s a new feature idea or feedback on something we can improve upon. Xbox is always evolving, and your input helps shape what’s next. If you’d like to help create the future of Xbox and get early access to new features, join the Xbox Insider Program today by downloading the Xbox Insider Hub for Xbox Series X|S & Xbox One or Windows PC.
Happy gaming! [Back to Top]
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