Back in October, Microsoft announced that come November, it would be able to finally start selling Xbox games via its app on Android devices. This, as The Verge points out, has not yet happened. Now Xbox president Sarah Bond has taken to social media to lay the blame for this delay squarely at Google’s feet.

Xbox and Google have seemingly provided conflicting takes on whether Xbox is allowed to sell and launch games from its Android app. In October, a US judge issued a permanent injunction ordering Google to open its Android marketplace to competitors.

Google has issued a statement in response to Microsoft today, and it's a frustrated one. The company claims that Xbox has always been able to offer these planned features via the Xbox app, and that Microsoft is "ignoring security concerns" that are related to the court ruling and the "rush to force its implementation".

Microsoft and Google have been clashing heads to allow Xbox to sell and launch games from its Android App following a US judge verdict in October.

A temporary administrative stay has halted Microsoft's plans to launch its Xbox game store on Android. The delay is due to ongoing legal battles between Google and Epic Games, which has implications for the entire Android ecosystem.

Microsoft is ready to launch an overhauled Xbox app on the Play Store, but the company says it's unable to do so for now.

Microsoft has announced a delay in its plans to allow users to buy and play games directly via the Xbox app on Android due to a legal issue, Eurogamer reports.