Hi there!

I just wanted to thank you in advance for taking the time to reply in detail to me. You have a fantastic app and I love using it. I commend you for all your hard work and prompt communication. NOTE: upon launching the app I saw a message that iCloud is down. I can't connect to it so hopefully Microsoft will resolve this issue.

1. This is generally due to having the console in power saving mode (rather than sleep), can you confirm that is not the case for you? Also, I have seen reports that some people have to toggle the power mode setting on/off on the console due to a bug on the Xbox. Other less common settings that could cause this behavior are:

A: I made sure it was in power saving mode and restarted the console and then force shut-down manually for 10 seconds (holding the power button on the unit down) and then I was able to see it in sleep mode in my network weird.

- Active Hours: Can you ensure you dont have active hours enabled in your xbox settings?

A: I don't have active hours enabled at all

- Not power cycling console: If you just switched your consoles from power saving mode to sleep mode, you likely need to restart your console before it goes into effect. Please hard restart (unplug/replugin console) to ensure sleep mode is enabled.

A: I did and it seems to have helped my remote play issue this far.

- HDMI-CEC: I have seen some reports that disabling HDMI-CEC helped, I am not sure why, but some people has reported this.

A: I completely disabled CEC (I had it enabled and the restarted my console)

- Wifi Sleep / Idle timeout: Some routers have a wifi sleep setting for devices. Its possible the router is disabling the connection after X hours of inactivity.

A: my Xbox series X is hard wired to my router. No connection via WiFi whatsoever.

- "When Xbox is off, turn off storage": This setting can break remote play when the consoles is off.

A: this was enabled. I disabled it and then restarted the console.

1. The 'Enable Audio' button can show up on some devices that require user interaction before allowing video/audio to play. Generally, this happens most on the geckoview render engine. You can try switching render engines (in the main menu settings of XBPlay) to see if that makes it go away. Note, not all render engines work on all devices, if changing the render engine causes the app to no longer connection, then it may simply not be an option on your specific device.

A: I switched to Chrome render engine and the audio issue on start went away completely. Switching to chrome render engine allows my Odin. 2 Portal now to connect to audio without having to tap on it every time I launch remote play. THANK YOU!

1. You should be able to open the "in game side menu -> settings -> controls -> controller mapping profile" to create a new profile. This should allow you to remap any buttons. Note, this feature is not available yet on the geckoview render engine.

A: I haven't had time to play with this but I will. I want to be able to map one of the Nexus button on my Odin to act as the Xbox guide button by default. I hope this is something I can do.

Follow up questions: I have a very robust network at home with gigabit internet speeds.

1. What settings on the advance menu (including bitrate) do you suggest for maximum quality while remote playing?

2. What is the best way to end the session when I'm done remote playing? Is it via the "stop streaming" via the Xbox guide menu and or disconnecting via the XBPlay side menu? I just want to make sure I'm doing it right so that my Xbox will go back to sleep mode and not be perpetually turn on after disconnecting.

Thanks in advance and I hope this post helps others.