How To Sign In To Your Gaming Accounts On The Asus ROG Xbox Ally X

Xbox

Because the Xbox Ally X is simply a Windows 11 instrumentality – astatine slightest by default – you volition person to motion into a Microsoft relationship to adjacent usage the handheld. When you footwear up into the Xbox app for the archetypal time, it’ll inquire you whether oregon not your existent Microsoft relationship is the aforesaid arsenic your Xbox account. For astir radical the reply to this volition beryllium yes.

If not, nether wherever it says “Use a antithetic account,” scroll down to “Microsoft account” with the D-Pad and deed the A fastener – oregon you tin conscionable pat it with your finger. Then, deed “Continue” past travel the instructions on-screen to get signed into your Xbox account. Once you’re signed in, a surface showing your Xbox illustration representation volition look with a large greenish fastener that says “Let’s Go”. Click that and past you’ll beryllium successful the Xbox app.

Once you’re each signed into your Xbox account, usage the controller to navigate implicit to the Library tab – it’ll look similar a clump of books connected a shelf. Once you’re there, tab implicit to “My Apps” and you’ll spot the different apps you tin install.

Steam

Within “My Apps,” find the Steam Logo and past navigate implicit to it and deed the A fastener oregon conscionable pat it with your finger. It should already beryllium installed, and it’ll unfastened successful a caller window. As soon arsenic you unfastened the program, it’ll commencement by checking for updates, and past it’ll unfastened into Big Picture Mode, wherever you’ll person to prime your connection and clip zone.

Once that’s done, you’ll spot the sign-in page. Either participate your idiosyncratic sanction and password, oregon if you’re similar me, and you usage Steam Guard, scan the QR codification with the Steam mobile app. There’s besides a “create Steam Account” fastener nether the QR codification if you don’t already person an account. Once you’ve signed in, Steam volition download your idiosyncratic data, past locomotion you done a circuit of Big Picture Mode. And, determination you go, you’re signed into Steam and acceptable to download your games.

Epic Games Store

Go backmost to the Xbox app, past navigate to “My apps” and click connected oregon pat the Epic Games Store option. Unlike Steam, you’ll person to download it, but the Xbox app volition instrumentality attraction of that for you. Just hold for the greenish spinning ellipse to halt and past travel the on-screen instructions to navigate done the installation wizard. It’s apt you’ll person to usage the interaction surface a mates times passim this process.

Once the Epic Games Store is installed, you’ll get the sign-in screen. There are respective options to motion in, particularly if you’ve already linked your relationship to your PlayStation, Xbox oregon Nintendo relationship done thing similar Fortnite – oregon you tin conscionable motion successful with an email and password. Once you’ve signed in, and you get past the two-factor authentication, you’ll beryllium capable to download your games. However, support successful caput that Epic has not implemented gamepad controls successful its app, truthful you’ll person to usage the touchscreen to navigate the app, and it’s not the champion experience. But, hey, it works!

Battle.net

Just similar the Epic Games Store, you tin download the Battle.net app by uncovering it successful the “My apps” section, tapping it oregon clicking connected it. Once the app is downloaded, you’ll beryllium asked to prime a language. Once that’s selected, the app volition spell done its installation process. Just deed yes erstwhile it asks you for support and you’ll get done it.

Once the app is installed, it should amusement a precise skinny vertical sign-in page. If it doesn’t, and it kicks you backmost to the room successful the Xbox app, conscionable re-open the Battle.net app and it’ll bring you to the login screen. From determination either motion into your relationship oregon make a caller one, and past it’ll bring you to the app. However, conscionable similar the Epic Games Store, Blizzard hasn’t worked successful controller support, truthful you’ll person to usage the interaction surface to navigate the program.

GOG

Go backmost to the Xbox app and navigate to the “My apps” leafage again. Then, click connected oregon pat the GOG Galaxy logo to instal the caller app. Once it’s downloaded, you’ll beryllium guided done the navigation process, and you volition astir apt person to usage the interaction surface to get done it. Once it’s done, marque definite “launch GOG Galaxy” is checked and deed finish. Then, you’ll get different constrictive login screen. From determination either participate your email oregon password, oregon usage 1 of the different sign-in methods.

Once you’re signed in, the app volition open, and you’ll beryllium capable to download games from GOG. However, conscionable similar Battle.net and Epic Games Store, you won’t beryllium capable to usage the gamepad to navigate the app, beyond mounting it to Desktop mode to emulate a mouse.

Ubisoft Connect

Again, similar the different third-party launchers, spell backmost to the Xbox app and navigate to the “My apps” tab of the room page. Once you’re there, navigate to the Ubisoft Connect logo and click it, oregon pat it with your finger. Like with the different launchers, this volition download the app and commencement the installation process. Then, usage the interaction surface to get done the installation process. The app volition spell done a mates of splash screens wherever it’ll cheque for updates, and past it’ll nonstop you to the login screen.

Simply participate your email and password, and past pat “login” with your finger. Once that’s done, you’ll beryllium successful the Ubisoft app, wherever you tin navigate your room and download games. However, dissimilar a batch of the third-party platforms, you tin navigate this app with the controller, which makes it 1 of the easiest launchers to really use.

Everything Else

Any different game, app oregon launcher that isn’t instantly displayed successful the Xbox “My apps” tab volition request to beryllium installed and utilized successful desktop mode. That’s not ideal, but you tin entree the desktop successful 2 ways. The easiest is to clasp down the Xbox fastener and past navigate down to the Windows Desktop fastener and deed the A button. Or, you tin conscionable usage your digit to swipe up from the bottommost of the surface and pat the Desktop button.

Once you’re successful Desktop mode, you tin usage Microsoft Edge to download and instal immoderate your small bosom desires. Though, support successful caput that with the mode the Xbox app works close now, you won’t beryllium capable to adhd different apps to the Full Screen Experience, which tin beryllium a symptom if it’s an app you request to usage regularly. Hopefully Microsoft either changes this oregon simply adds mode much apps that you tin download successful the Full Screen Experience. We’ll conscionable person to hold and spot for that, though.

Jackie Thomas is the Hardware and Buying Guides Editor astatine IGN and the PC components queen. You tin travel her @Jackiecobra