Xbox app download speeds are extremely slow on pc

I don’t know why Microsoft isn’t fixing this. It’s in their best interest to make downloads as fast as they can be. On Xbox, the same titles download for me at 600+ Mbps. On PC: 15 Mbps if I’m lucky. On the same connection. I assume that the CDN is the same for both, so I can only chalk this up to very poor Windows native TCP settings - unless Microsoft is trying to throttle these.

It's like Xbox users get priority bandwidth and pc users get the scraps that are left over.

This works perfectly! Thanks so much!

Hello,

I appreciate the response. I tried all of the above except the last step of Resetting the app and none of those helped. I then did the Reset and Repair of the app and that seems to have helped a little. It is still slow as it fluctuates from 1-3 MB/s, but at least it's better than the initial speed. Oddly enough, it will have a split moment of jumping to 10 MB/s, then suddenly drops down to ~500 KB/s. If you have any other additional options please let me know as it can still take a whole day to download a game at this rate. Thanks.

Hello Pharros,

Thank you for the update. We recommend that you make sure that your computer is completely updated, including all optional updates. If you are not doing so already, please try connecting your PC to your modem/router with an ethernet cable and attempting the downloads again. We also recommend fully shutting your PC down, then unplugging your modem/router for at least 60 seconds to clear any potential blockages on your end before attempting more installations.

May we know, have you performed a speed test for your internet? Is it running as expected, or is it slower than usual? If it is slower than expected, have you contacted your internet service provider?

Also, please keep in mind that the time in which you attempt your downloads may matter. If you are trying to download a game at a popular time, your downloads may slow due to many people also trying to download games from our servers simultaneously. Have you tried starting the download late at night to potentially avoid Xbox server traffic?

We look forward to your response.

Sincerely,

XBF – Evie

Xbox Customer Success Manager

Microsoft Community

Yeah I've been reading these post and trying everything for weeks now and come to the conclusion that windows 10 had the best download speed through the microsoft store. As soon as I did the upgrade and had to use the xbox app on PC to download my games (wow) it is a joke.

I think what the issue here is is... Microsoft/Xbox are deliberately throttaling download speeds and just not admitting it. You cannot convince me that they are that ignorent so as not to be able to figure this out!!!! just come out and say why, dont have all us poor saps wondering what is wrong with our systems!

Even worse in my case. I see delivery optimization using 30+mb/s when I'm downloading an update in the Xbox app, but mysteriously my download only gets 3mb/s. I've basically caught MS red-handed actively using 90% of my connection for something else.

Unfortunately my auto-tuning level is "normal" so this fix did not work for me.

Paused:



Downloading:

I had locations off, I turned on locations and paused then resumed download, it went from 9MB/S to 50, So I have mock location on for my general area and its still working (You will need to Refresh mock location every now and then). It needs to know what server to connect to for faster downloads. I checked PowerShell too, but mine was already on correct settings. I'm on windows 11