Your smart TV is now an "xbox"

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Free xbox cloud gaming (xcloud) incoming

Also this ensures that AMD needs to produce a "flagship" gaming GPU (AT0 — 192 CUs 512 bit bus) just to support Microsoft's cloud gaming initiatives

Cut down version of this same chip (150+ CUs) likely to release as new flagship gaming GPU — 10090

Microsoft has partnered with Samsung to bring its Xbox app to the latter's 2022 Smart TVs, allowing owners to play hundreds of cloud-enabled games without additional hardware such as a PC or Xbox Series X|S console.

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Samsung has announced that Boosteroid has joined its growing lineup of Samsung Gaming Hub partners, providing access to high-end video games on compatible Samsung Smart TVs, monitors, and even the company's Freestyle 2nd Gen projector.

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The Radeon RX 8900 XTX, a new flagship graphics card that many enthusiasts had assumed would be leading AMD's upcoming generation of RDNA 4 graphics cards, probably won't be happening any time soon, if ever, according to new comments that Jack Huynh, AMD's senior vice president and general manager of the Computing and Graphics Business Group, shared at IFA 2024 in Berlin.

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Game Pass Ultimate, Microsoft's most expensive Xbox Game Pass plan, is expanding its Xbox Cloud Gaming benefit by allowing subscribers to not only stream hundreds of games across supported devices (e.g., tablets, PCs, Smart TVs), but also select cloud-playable games not included with Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft has announced.

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Owners of LG’s latest Smart TVs will be able to effortlessly discover and play a wide selection of PC and console games from industry-leading partners, and soon Xbox, through the new Gaming Portal.

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Cloud gaming is now part of all console tiers (with varying wait times & resolution)

Also there is a new "free" cloud gaming tier coming up

1. 1 free hour per each session
2. Max 5 free hours per month
3. 2 min Ads before each session

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[Grimlakin]

Next up Xbox certified smart tvs.

 

[Marees]

Microsoft has partnered with the likes of Samsung and LG to pre-install Xbox Cloud Gaming onto TVs. Microsoft also brought Xbox Cloud Gaming natively to Windows 11 via the Xbox app. There are third-party Xbox Cloud Gaming devices and attachments out there like the Logitech G Cloud and the Razer Kishi V3 Pro. And Microsoft even announced that Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to cars today via LG's WebOS platform.

There are early signs that Xbox Cloud Gaming is set for a BIG upgrade — could it finally match NVIDIA GeForce Now?

Xbox Cloud Gaming has vastly improved its latency, but not its picture quality. That could be set to change soon.

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