Apple has redefined its App Store rules to explicitly ban game streaming apps, which has prevented Microsoft from getting its xCloud Xbox streaming technology on iPhones and iPads, but according to a new report, the company will give it a try. Bypass the rules by allowing players to access xCloud through a web app. Microsoft had added xCloud to its Game Pass subscription service, and in a recent meeting, Executive Vice President and Chief Games Officer Phil Spencer confidently told employees that Game Pass would be available on iPhones and devices. iPad via a ``browser-based direct solution,'' sources told Business Insider. . Microsoft reportedly intends to release its version of iOS in 2021. Get the best Xbox Series X deals before anyone else! We'll send you pre-order details and the best Xbox Series X deals as they become available. Please send me details of other relevant Techradar products and future brands. Please send me details of other relevant third party products. No spam, I promise. You can unsubscribe at any time and we will never share your data without your permission. Apple's redefined app store terms were not specifically formulated to prevent competition; Specifically, the company opposes game streaming services to offer catalogs of games that Apple can't approve on a title-by-title basis. It is not known if Microsoft's web application solution would follow Apple's rules. Running a streaming service through a web app is exactly how the recently announced Amazon Luna plans to operate. Amazon is confident enough in this solution that it plans to launch on iPhones and iPads first when it launches its beta in the coming months, with Android support to follow. Most importantly, Amazon has worked with Apple's Safari team to make Luna work like the previous web app, Luna's engineering director told Engadget in an upcoming preview of the service. And the partnership is unlikely to end when the service goes live, Marc Whitten, Luna's director, told the publication: "We will continue to work with Apple," Whitten told Engadget. "We would love to have a native experience."