# How to Let Console Players Join a Bedrock Server With MCXboxBroadcast

> MCXboxBroadcast shows your Bedrock server in console players' Friends list, so Xbox, PlayStation and Switch players can join.

Source: https://www.beaconhosting.org/knowledgebase/how-to-install-mcxboxbroadcast-on-a-minecraft-bedrock-server
Category: Minecraft
Last updated: 2026-11-05

Consoles can't add servers in Minecraft. **MCXboxBroadcast** works around this: it signs in to a spare Xbox account and shows your server as that account's game, so its friends join from the **Friends** tab.

## How it runs with a Bedrock server

On a Java server with Geyser, MCXboxBroadcast runs inside Geyser. A Bedrock server can't run it, so use the **standalone** version on something that stays on, such as a home computer or a small Java server.

## Set it up

1. Make a spare **Microsoft account** for the broadcast. Don't use your own.
2. Download the **standalone** MCXboxBroadcast `.jar` from its GitHub releases. It needs Java 17 or newer.
3. Run it once with `java -jar MCXboxBroadcastStandalone.jar`. It creates `config.yml`.
4. In `config.yml`, set the `remote-address` and `remote-port` to your Beacon server's address and port (from **Network**).
5. Run it again. It prints a link and a code; open the link and sign in with the spare account.

## Join from a console

1. On the console, add the spare account as a **friend**.
2. Open Minecraft and go to **Friends**. Join the server shown there.

> [!TIP]
> If you'd rather not run anything extra, **BedrockConnect** is a simpler option: see [How to Join a Bedrock Server on Xbox](/knowledgebase/how-to-connect-to-a-minecraft-bedrock-server-on-xbox).