The Verge Article
Xbox announces disc-to-digital feature that digitizes your physical games
https://www.theverge.com/tech/984936/xbox-disc-to-digital-feature-official
This is a news summary.
A feature has been announced that will allow Xbox users who own physical game discs to convert them to digital.
Testing is set to begin with Insiders on August 31st.
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/08/26/your-discs-now-also-digital/
Support for some Xbox One and Xbox Series X discs (360 and earlier generation discs are not supported)
Insert a supported disc into your console and launch the game to acquire a digital entitlement
The digital entitlement is tied to the disc, and if you exchange the disc with someone else or log in with a different Xbox profile and play the disc game, it will automatically transfer between accounts.
Support for Xbox Play Anywhere allows you to play on PC as well
Support for cloud gaming allows you to stream to your devices
https://x.com/asha_shar/status/2092621209955635606
