Xbox games also on smart TVs?

The idea of ​​Microsoft's Xbox cloud gaming, i.e. games in the cloud, is clear - to enable streaming and playing games over the Internet... without a console. In practice, until recently, this meant that you could stream games on a smartphone or tablet with Android, in April this year they announced the expansion of functionality to personal computers, iPhone and iPads, and in the following weeks, Xbox cloud gaming via the web interface should be available to all subscribers of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate via Edge, Chrome and Safari browsers.

What then? The next step will be, somewhat logically, televisions. Internet-connected smart TVs, of course. Redmond has announced that they have contacted TV manufacturers with the aim of "embedding the Xbox experience directly into TVs", and if you don't have such a TV, they are also developing streaming devices in the style of Chromecast, Roku and the like, which plug into the TV and offer the aforementioned service to "non-smart" devices as well. In addition to a smart TV or dedicated device, you'll need two more - a subscription to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (currently around $15 a month) and a decent internet connection. And what does decent mean? That it is at least 10 Mb/s, but for really good results it must be faster. With wired connections, this is not so difficult to achieve, but with wireless ones... And latency must also be taken into account, so responsive access to the website or as short a ping as possible will also be important.

But it is important that it moves... ▪

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