TechPhonesAndroid PhonesSamsung Galaxy phones are getting a big gaming upgradeSamsung’s bringing its popular gaming hub to its Galaxy smartphones for effortless gaming on the goWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechPhonesAndroid PhonesSamsung Galaxy phones are getting a big gaming upgradeSamsung’s bringing its popular gaming hub to its Galaxy smartphones for effortless gaming on the goWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Samsung’s bringing its popular gaming hub to its Galaxy smartphones for effortless gaming on the go
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Rik Henderson / Future)
(Image credit: Rik Henderson / Future)
Samsung’s Gaming Hub, the service that brings cloud gaming to some of thebest Samsung TVsand Samsunggaming TVs, is about to get a whole lot more portable. Speaking at this week’s Games Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, Samsung announced that the Gaming Hub will be coming to the company’s Galaxy phones and other Galaxy devices.
What Samsung Gaming Hub for Mobile will bring to your Galaxy phone
“Our vision for Gaming Hub for mobile is to provide an all in one gaming platform optimised for Galaxy owners”, Samsung’s corporate VP Jikhan Jung says. “We know that bringing game streaming with cloud technology to the mobile platform provides a substantial update to the current app store for a more seamless experience.”
The key features announced so far are Instant Plays, which provide “immediate access to games without installation” - so, Cloud Gaming - and support for in-game monetisation, which should help persuade publishers to climb on board. Samsung promises “full-fledged, robust mobile-native games from top mobile game publishers”, all available in a single interface that saves you having to scour multiple services and app stores.
For now, Samsung’s keeping more details under wraps: we don’t know when the Gaming Hub will be coming, or what devices it’ll be coming to. And we also don’t know what games it’ll offer. In its press statement Samsung says that “Gaming Hub on Galaxy Devices is currently in beta with a select number of games” available to play in the US and in Canada, which suggests that we’re not talking Game Pass orPlayStationPlus-sized catalogues here. But it’s still a welcome addition for Samsung users
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