Samsung TVs launched this year will feature a new gaming hub with support for cloud streaming and NFTs. The manufacturer announced this at CES 2022 (Consumer Electronics Show).
Cloud streaming directly to your TV
With a dedicated game menu, which will be presented in “select” models, all players will have a place where all the important game content can be collected. As well as all the connected consoles and even the right YouTube content as well as the Google Stadia, Geforce Now and Utomik cloud services. More cloud service providers to follow.
Early in 2020, Xbox President Phil Spencer announced his wish StracheeryTo bring cloud services to TVs as well. “I think you’ll see cheaper hardware as part of our ecosystem when you think about streaming sticks and other things that someone wants to connect to their TV and play on xCloud,” he said at the time.
Microsoft has already teamed up with Samsung to bring cloud gaming to the manufacturer’s mobile devices. So it shouldn’t be long before xCloud also hits Samsung TVs.
With integrated services, gamers can easily pair their console to a TV and play new titles without the need for additional console hardware – provided they have a subscription to one of the supported cloud services.
Samsung follows gaming trends
Won Jin Lee, President of Samsung Electronics, said in a statement (Thank you, VGC).
“We have developed the Samsung Gaming Hub with our amazing content partners for all gamers to benefit from, and we plan to continue working together to expand the ecosystem.”
The NFT trend isn’t overtaking Samsung either. According to the manufacturer, you can buy NFTs on selected models directly from the Smart TV and trade with them.
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