news hardware Cloud gaming: Google Stadia, GeForce Now and Xbox Game Pass now available on Samsung Smart TVs
Now it’s official: you can start your favorite video games directly on your TV without having to connect a console. In any case, if you are lucky enough to own one of the 2022 Samsung Smart TVs that deployed the Samsung Gaming Hub service on June 30, 2022. This consolidates multiple cloud gaming applications to stream content and play next-gen titles… Without a next-gen console or PC.
What can you play on the Samsung Game Hub?
TV manufacturers have their eyes on games. At the beginning of this generation LG entered into a privileged partnership with Xboxto ensure its OLED TVs work as well as possible with Microsoft’s next-generation consoles, the X and S Series. Various manufacturers quickly adopted standards such as HDMI 2.1, VRR and HDR in all its forms to guarantee players ideal playing conditions.
This month is June Samsung who decided to take their capture of the huge (and lucrative) gamer market one step further, by launching the Samsung Gaming Hub. This interface aims to concentrate all the video game apps in a single menu, available in one click from the Korean manufacturer’s smart TVs. There are shortcuts for YouTube and Twitch, among others, to follow your favorite streamers from the comfort of your living room.
But you can access it too, and that’s the most compelling promise of this gaming hub. various uses of cloud gaming : Nvidia GeForce Now, Google Stadia… and the Xbox Game Pass : As we announced before, Microsoft’s flagship service arrives on our TVs for the first time, allowing Ultimate subscribers to enjoy a catalog of a hundred streaming titles without an Xbox console. Finally, Amazon Luna should also be available on Samsung TVs. Whichever application is chosen, No other peripherals are required other than a gamepadto connect to your screen via Bluetooth.
Which TVs are compatible with the Samsung Game Hub?
At the moment, the Samsung Game Hub and its various services are from cloud gaming are reserved for the lucky few. So far, the manufacturer specifies that The update will be rolled out to all TVs above the BU8000. These include the following models:
- Samsung Smart Monitor Series (2022)
- Samsung NeoQLED 8K (2022)
- Samsung NeoQLED 4K (2022)
- Samsung QLED (2022)
The update has only been rolled out in South Korea, United States, Canada, Brazil, United Kingdom, Germany, Europe, Italy… and France so far.
If you’re one of the lucky ones, all you have to do is do it download and install firmware 1302.5 on your Samsung TV. If you have a compatible device but you haven’t seen the update yet, arm yourself with a little more patience: the deployment is gradual and it is therefore possible that the patch will not appear on your Smart TV for the next few days.
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