Currently, Xbox Live is used by the Xbox, Windows computers and phones running Windows Phone. However, it seems that Microsoft sees the big picture for its service. In fact, Xbox Live could be extended to other platforms such as - especially - iOS and Android. The manufacturer has already conducted tests in this direction. Android and iOS games could benefit from Live features like the ability to earn achievements, friends lists or online gaming (matchmaking).
Adapt Live
The news was revealed by the website The Verge who spotted a job that seems to go in this direction. It reads: " We will create a modern framework that will be open source, lightweight, extensible and scalable across different platforms including Windows Store, Windows Phone, iOS and Android. ". Can, interpreting, and think that Microsoft decided to simplify the integration of Xbox Live games on the above-named platforms. Thus, it would attract more developers and expand the Live service quickly.
Conquer Android and iOS
However, Apple Game Center, and Google uses its own resources to provide similar functionality. Xbox Live would be, initially at least, an alternative to existing services. It should be noted that, for the moment, Microsoft is not communicated about this news and the date of such implementation is still a mystery. Remains whether Live, which already has a good user base, become established as a standard on these key platforms.