How to Download Xbox Series Games With the Console Off

The vast world of videogames every day increases its quality and offers more content and diversity on its entertainment platforms. The different consoles are providing different experiences and They constantly display a variety of amenities for gamers around the world to enjoy and want to keep playing.

To the benefit of many, the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles offer the convenience that users can download or update games even if the console is turned off. An advantage that will undoubtedly help players and will make the waiting time for downloading the different games much easier and less tedious.

What should you do so that your console can download video games in the background?

Although it is true that the players and followers of the official Xbox brand are very loyal and constant consumers of video games, we must not forget that they all live their day to day and they have jobs and tasks to do, so the alternative of being able to download and update games with the console turned off is very helpful.

Whatever the reason the person needs the background download feature, you should know that achieving this is not difficult at all. And best of all, this feature is available on both Xbox Series X and S as well as for previous versions of Xbox be it Xbox 360 or Xbox One.

For Xbox Series X / S consoles, the procedure to achieve this setting is very simple. For this you have to enter the Xbox main screen and follow the following steps correctly:

• Enter ‘my games and applications’.
• Press the ‘manage’ option.
• Go to ‘keep my games and apps up to date’.
• Activate the options ‘keep my console updated’ and ‘keep my games and applications up to date’ (in case they are not activated).
• Go back to the main menu and enter ‘settings’.
• Within the general configuration, you have to press on ‘power and start mode’.
• Go to ‘power mode’ and if you have ‘energy saving’ change it to ‘immediate start’.
• In case you have the reactivation and storage options activated, if you deselect them.

After completing all these steps, the console will now be able to download and update video games while it is off. And if you want to find another alternative to be able to do this function, there is another simple and quite comfortable way to achieve it. To test with this option you must do the following:

• Download the Xbox app on mobile phone.
• Synchronize the mobile app with the console.
• Go to the start of the main menu of the console and enter ‘my games and applications’
• Enter ‘manage’.
• Click on ‘remote access’.
• Activate the option ‘enable remote features’.

After completing these steps, it will be possible to download and update video games from the application on the cell phone, even if the console is turned off and the user is several kilometers away. However, it should be noted that the Xbox while it is turned off must be connected to the electrical current, as well as connected to a WiFi network.

What is the way in which you should start downloading games for Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S and leave it turned off?

When you have done all the steps previously explained and want to start testing this function, what you should do is start download a game as normal. For this you have to enter ‘my games and applications’ and click on ‘explore in Store’, followed by this search for the game of choice and download it.

Once the download has started, the user has the option to shut down the console. Leaving the console off (as well as the television), the video game download will be processed without any problem.

In the case of wanting to download or update remotely, the user can enter the app on their phone and start downloading the game of their choice. This will run immediately If the console is connected to a WiFi network from which we can measure its speed so that the device has a better performance.