better-xcloud

• Stream stats:
  • Add ability to show/hide individual stat (#100)
  • Rename "RTT" to "PING"
  • Show "PING" before "FPS"
  • Remove "ms" suffix in "PING"
• Fix the Settings button not showing after exiting the game (#112)
• Show a warning when trying to change Video Settings with Clarity Boost mode is On (#114 #64)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/redphx/better-xcloud/compare/v1.13.1...v1.14

• Fix crashing when not using the "Skip Xbox splash video" setting

Full Changelog: https://github.com/redphx/better-xcloud/compare/v1.13...v1.13.1

Video Clarity

• Clarity levels changed from 0-3 to 0-5.

  Level 1 is unchanged.
  Level 3 is now the same as level 2 in the previous version.
  Level 5 is now the same as level 3 in the previous version.

Loading screen

• Show game art

  Replace the black background with game art if it's available.
  Idea by /u/Wolf_Trap.

• 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.
  Don't be mad when the estimated time is inaccurate.
  Check #51 for more info.

• Show/hide the rocket animation

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

Full Changelog: https://github.com/redphx/better-xcloud/compare/v1.12...v1.13

• Add the "Video clarity" feature to improve the visual of the stream (similar to, but not as good as the original "Clarity Boost") (#93).
  • Demo video: https://youtu.be/ZhW2choAHUs.
  • Affects the stream's performance, uses more battery, and may causes frames to drop (especially on lower-end devices).
  • Works with Chrome/Chromium browsers.
  • Doesn't work with Safari.

Tested on Logitech G Cloud with 1080p + high-quality codec, no frames dropped.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/redphx/better-xcloud/compare/v1.11...v1.12

• Fix not working properly with Safari. If you're using it, please check this page for more information.
• Automatically reload the page when running into the "We are sorry..." error message.
• Add "Enable microphone on game launch" feature (thanks @Haisom for the idea).
• Add custom styles for touch controller's buttons.
• Some minor fixes...

Full Changelog: https://github.com/redphx/better-xcloud/compare/v1.10.2...v1.11

• Fix the fullscreen bug on Android TV since version 1.9 (#49). Thanks /u/-King-Nothing-81 for the help.

Other changelogs:

• 1.10
• 1.10.1

Full Changelog: https://github.com/redphx/better-xcloud/compare/v1.10.1...v1.10.2

What's Changed

• Touch anywhere at the bottom of the screen to show/hide the controller. Useful when viewing cutscenes. Only available when the Touch controller setting is All games.
• Fix the touch controller now showing at startup sometimes.

Don't forget to check v1.10 changelogs to learn about other new features.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/redphx/better-xcloud/compare/v1.10...v1.10.1

(Re-install this version if the Settings layout is broken. There was a bug in an earlier code.)

What's Changed

• 🔥 Enable touch controller for all games (demo video). Enable it in Settings -> Touch controller -> All games. Games with custom layout won't be affected.
• Categorize Settings UI.
• Show stats bar on startup if the Quick Glance mode is enabled.
• Bug fixes.
• Use icons from phosphoricons.com.
• Show a ⚡️ emoji in Battery badge then the device is charging.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/redphx/better-xcloud/compare/v1.9...v1.10

A lot of new features & fixes in this update!

What's Changed

• Add "Simplify Stream's menu" setting. It hides button's labels and makes the menu cleaner. Useful for devices with small screen.
• Combine Region & Server badges into one.
• Don't show Battery badge when the battery is fully charged or playing on non-battery powered devices.
• Reduce font size of badges.
• Add "Safari on macOS" User-Agent profile.
• Disable "Add to home screen" prompt in Safari mobile.

• Add "Quick glance" setting for Stream stats: only show the stats bar when the System buttons bar is expanded. The 👀 emoji at the beginning indicates that the stats bar is in the quick glance mode. Enable it in the Stream stats settings dialog.

Fixes

• Fix showing incorrect Video & Audio codecs, especially in Safari.
• Fix Smart TV layout (when using "Samsung Smart TV" User-Agent profile.
• Fix not able to hide Video settings bar if the "Disable touch controller" setting is on.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/redphx/better-xcloud/compare/v1.8.2...v1.9

• Add In/Out badges to display estimated total data received/sent.
• Shorten Video badge: 1920x1080 -> 1080p
• Fix 404 Error (#34)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/redphx/better-xcloud/compare/v1.8.1...v1.8.2

• Combine "Resolution" & "Video" badges into one.
• Fix inaccurate percentages of Packets Lost (PL) & Frames Lost (FL) stats.
• Fix stats bar not showing sometimes.
• And some other changes...

Full Changelog: https://github.com/redphx/better-xcloud/compare/v1.8...v1.8.1

• Add "Disable touch controller" setting. Useful when you play on a device with a built-in controller like Logitech G Cloud, Steam Deck, Retroid, etc.
• New stream badges: current playtime of the session and battery level.
• Hold the "Quit game" button for one second to refresh the stream. Useful on mobile where the pull-to-refresh feature doesn't work while playing.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/redphx/better-xcloud/compare/v1.7...v1.8

• New features:
  • Set game's preferred language
  • Set preferred stream's resolution (replace "Force 1080p stream" setting)
  • Custom User-Agent (suggested by @ILikePlayingGames #22)
  • Hide mouse cursor while playing (suggested by @LifeDreamer24 #2)
• Bug fixes

⚠️ Some settings might be reset. Please check and set it again.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/redphx/better-xcloud/compare/v1.6.2...v1.7

• Add Settings dialog for Stream stats bar. Double-click on the bar to show it. Thanks @ricardo404 for the suggestion.
• Add Decode Time (DT) stat. Check the docs for more info.
• Fix various bugs.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/redphx/better-xcloud/compare/v1.6.1...v1.6.2

• Add "Check for update" feature (automatically check every 4 hours).
• Stop stretching stream stats' background to full screen.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/redphx/better-xcloud/compare/v1.6...v1.6.1

• New feature: show stream stats. Check main page for more info.
• Show video & audio codecs.
• Disable Force high quality codec feature on unsupported browsers (Firefox, Safari...) as the workaround implemented previously didn't work.

• 🔥 New exclusive feature: Capture screenshot. Check the main page for more info.
• Fix video not showing in Chrome

• Fix "Force high quality codec" feature not working with Kiwi Browser. Now you can get both 1080p stream + high quality codec profile with it.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/redphx/better-xcloud/compare/v1.4.1...v1.4.2

• Add Kiwi Browser support (#8). Kiwi Browser doesn't support the "Force high quality codec" feature. Fixed in 1.4.2.
• Improve codec detection.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/redphx/better-xcloud/compare/v1.4...v1.4.1

• Add stream badges (#7).
• Add "Force 1080p stream" feature (#9). Check README file for more info.
• Allow interacting with Settings UI using controller.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/redphx/better-xcloud/compare/v1.3.2...v1.4