The Xbox app is already on iPhone and Android, but it's mostly limited to social features, checking which games are available, browsing screenshots and recordings from consoles, and streaming games from an Xbox console on the local network. A functioning games store would be a new and helpful addition.

Xbox President Sarah Bond announced that players will soon be able to play and purchase Xbox games directly from the Xbox App on Android. The announcement comes as a U.S. judge ordered Google to stop forcing developers to use Google Play’s billing ...

Xbox currently doesn't let you buy games on its app, but the company says the Epic v. Google decision could allow for a true mobile store.