Mojira Archive
MCPE-60667

Xbox One cannot join LAN games

Expected behaviour

Successfully connect Minecraft on Xbox One to other Bedrock clients hosting multiplayer sessions on the same LAN.  Account used to start Minecraft on Xbox One should not require an active Xbox Live Gold subscription.

 

Observed Behaviour

Xbox One cannot view details for, or connect to, in-progress sessions running on Windows 10, Android or the Bedrock dedicated server (Ubuntu).

Steps to reproduce

  1. Start a game on a non-Xbox One device ensuring appropriate multiplayer options are enabled. i.e. 'Multiplayer Game' and 'Visible to LAN Players' are both enabled
  2. Start Minecraft on Xbox One, select 'Play' and select the 'Friends' tab.
  3. See that there is no 'LAN Games' section or LAN games listed, however the counter on the 'Friends' tab shows '1'; acknowledging another game instance is running on the local network.

Additional information

Testing conducted with a brand new Xbox account (with default permissions and settings) to eliminate manually set account restrictions as the source of potential issues. No account on the Xbox One has an active Xbox Live Gold subscription.

Versions tested:

  • Windows 10: 1.14.1.5 (from Minecraft.Windows.exe properties)
  • Xbox One: 1.14.105.70_x64_8wekyb3d8bbwe
  • Android: 1.14.1.5
  • Bedrock Server (Ubuntu): 1.14.1.4

Compatibility matrix of platforms tested (inspired by comment on MCPE-55083).  

YES:

  • 'Friends' counter indicates host is visible by incrementing friends count
  • Host appears under 'LAN Games'
  • Client can successfully connect to host

NO:

  • 'Friends' counter indicates host is visible by incrementing friends count
  • 'LAN Games' section not visible at all
  • No option for connecting to the host
Host / Clients Xbox One Android Windows 10
Bedrock Dedicated
Server (Ubuntu)
NO YES YES
Windows 10 NO YES -
Android NO - YES
Xbox One - YES YES

Related issues

Issues that reference similar symptoms in earlier versions of Bedrock clients

 

Unresolved

Rip Snort

2019-12-30, 11:35 AM

2025-01-19, 12:22 AM

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Community Consensus

381835, 374603

1.21.20.23 Preview - 1.21.2 Hotfix1.21.20.23 Preview, 1.17.11 Hotfix, 1.17.10, 1.14.20 Hotfix, 1.14.1 Hotfix, 1.14.30 Hotfix, 1.14.60 Hotfix, 1.16.0, 1.16.20, 1.16.221 Hotfix, 1.17.30, 1.18.2 Hotfix, 1.20.12 Hotfix, 1.21.2 Hotfix

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