The flexibility to share your recreation clips and screenshots to Twitter immediately from the Xbox console has been disabled. It’s additionally not attainable to share clips or screenshots to Twitter from the Home windows Recreation Bar on PC.
Causes for the characteristic being eliminated weren’t described intimately however Microsoft says that it needed to disable the power. As identified by engadget, it might have one thing to do with Twitter charging for entry to the API. A not so paltry sum of at the least $42,000 a month for Enterprise entry. To which Microsoft seemingly declined to pay and as a substitute determined to take away the power to share issues from the console.
In accordance with the tweet from the official Xbox account, direct sharing was disabled someday on April 20. As of now it seems like PlayStation customers can nonetheless share immediately from the console. There’s no phrase for now on if Microsoft will select to re-enable it at any level. Fortunately customers nonetheless have one other methodology for sharing.
Xbox customers can nonetheless share to Twitter from the cellular app
Whereas sharing immediately from the console is definitely simpler, it’s not the one strategy to share clips or screenshots. Microsoft confirms that customers can nonetheless share their favourite moments on Twitter by way of Xbox cellular app. It’s an additional step or two, but it surely works.
And the tip consequence is identical as customers get to share their content material with their followers. This works for each Android and iOS variations of the app as nicely.
If you happen to don’t use or take care of the app, there’s at all times the choice of importing from the pc to the Twitter web site. Although this methodology will take a bit of longer because you’ll want to maneuver your clips to a flash drive first.
We have now needed to disable the power to share recreation uploads to Twitter immediately from the console and Recreation Bar on Home windows. You possibly can nonetheless share your favourite moments to Twitter through the Xbox app for Android and iOS.
— Xbox (@Xbox) April 20, 2023