I can't use Remote Play because my Xbox Series X doesn't show up anywhere in the Xbox app.

HorizonZeroConnections · Feb 7, 2024

I've been trying to revisit Forza Motorsport 5 to recreate another Aftermarket logo as a Vinyl Group. Unfortunately, I've run into a rather annoying issue...

To give you context, I use a program to make the Remote Play window transparent whenever I want to recreate a logo as a Vinyl Group. I start up the game before doing the same for the Xbox app on my PC, then activate Remote Play before starting the transparency program, Spooky View in this case. Then I open up my internet browser, have an image of a logo open in a tab stay on, head back to the Remote Play window in the windowed setting and from there, I would use the image in my browser as reference for the Vinyl Group in the transparent game window.

But out of nowhere, the Xbox app suddenly doesn't recognize my console anymore. I can't find the option for Remote Play anywhere, I don't see console icon anywhere, even the Library tab in the app doesn't say anything.

I've cleared my MAC address and restarted my PC, but neither has worked. I've been running into continuous issues with Forza games & this is yet another one. I'm not even trying to access others' Liveries, I just want to make Vinyl Groups more efficiently, emphasis on the more efficiently.

Has the feature simply been removed completely? I've been recreating Aftermarket brand logos like ABC (term not allowed in the game itself, apparently), Bilstein, BBS, Apexi, Apex Springs & more and being unable to recreate other logos the way I usually do really broke my motivation over here.

:)

Hoskayra

Hello HorizonZeroConnections,my name is Oskayra, I will be happy to help you in any way possible.

I am very sorry for what you are going through, doing a search on the internet I found that the independent advisor Gerardo C. has a solution, I will leave him his information so that he can find out about the solution.

First of all, please try clearing the Xbox application cache from the application settings of your mobile phone and if the problem persists, please try restarting your device.

Credits:https://answers.microsoft.com/thread/abb60524-7d13-4aae-abe4-78fbe0c963c7

I hope the information is helpful to you, if not, let me know that I will be happy to continue helping you, good luck and happy day.

Sincerely,
Oskaira.

KenCorcoran

I used to use the app multiple times daily until I upgraded to the series x. When I chose a game to install remotely on the Game Pass app my Series X never shows up in the list. Same thing with remote play, even though i have gone through everything I need to to set it up and make it discoverable it still won’t connect.

Smwutches

Minecraft and COD are not Play Anywhere titles actually. So you'd have to use remote gaming to access those through a PC. Have you followed the instructions from here to set up remote gaming through the app? https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help...-game-streaming-in-xbox-console-companion-app

If you're trying to use remote gaming from a Series X/S, you'll need to use the Xbox app, not the console companion app. https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/remote-play

Carlos a1

I mean, I play on Xbox series x but my mic on remote play Xbox app will not unmute

Volitar Prime

I changed my home console to my Series X as suggested (I normally have my older One X as "home" since my kids play it without me being logged into it, I am now down to only 1 out of 5 home transfers available). It did not help. It did not change anything. Only my One X is showing up in my console list for remote play. I have even done yet another system reset (keeping games and apps) after that.

Other things I have tried today (based on suggestions I've seen elsewhere for this issue), none of which have helped:

- Change to an alternative MAC address, reboot.

- Restore to original MAC address, reboot.

- Manually change system name, reboot.

- Change to a different network port, reboot.

- System reset and use my android tablet instead of my android phone during the setup.

I still think this issue is possibly something with my account on Microsoft's side but I am willing to try more suggestions in order to "trigger" the remote play/remote access option for my Series X again. Something is not triggering the remote play/remote access to my Series X on my account. If I go to xbox.com and search for a game that I own in the web version of the Xbox Store, I get the option to "Install to" but it only shows my old Xbox One X, my Series X is no longer listed their either (it was until two days ago). Also, some limited connection between the Windows Xbox app and my Series X does work. If I try to manually add my Series X through the Windows App, the Windows App tells me to turn on and log into my system. It can tell when I do this with my Series X and goes to the next pop up telling me to press enable on my system. If I had remote play disabled on my Series X, I do get the pop up screen on it telling me to enable remote play. I do this and run through the text (everything passes) but then the sequence stops here. The "press enable" pop up screen in the Windows app does not close on it's own. If I manually close it and restore the process it quickly and automatically progresses through the first two pop up screens (turn on/log in, and then the press enable one) and stops with a "something is wrong, try again later" screen. This shows that there is some amount of data passing between my Windows PC with the Xbox app and my Series X and is why I believe that this problem I am having is outside of my home and something on Microsoft's end with my account but I am willing to try more if there is something I missed and/or did out of sequence.

I can't use Remote Play because my Xbox Series X doesn't show up anywhere in the Xbox app.