Hopefully, this bunch of companies will be up to the task. In addition to supporting large libraries of games, they’ll also need to tackle issues with connection speeds and latency. I can’t wait to see how these services take shape and evolve over the coming months. Gather around as we unveil Google’s vision for the future of gaming at #GDC19. And Google is slated to reveal its consumer-ready version of Project Stream, which it trialed over the past few months through January, at the upcoming Game Developers Conference on March 19 in San Francisco. Meanwhile, Microsoft just showed off a demo of its Project xCloud service streaming an Xbox game to an Android device this week (watch the clip above). Your mileage with this will probably vary depending on your connection speed and where you’re playing. That tragic ending to my racing career tells me my mobile data connection is most likely to blame – but it’s also possible that the game stream could be better optimized for delivery across a mobile connection, and it could benefit from being beamed via servers closer to my geographic location. The game stream on my Android phone dropped in quality at one point, presumably because my mobile data connection was spotty Sadly, at one point, the video hung completely, while I heard the game continue as if nothing had happened. Things started off smoothly enough, but as the race progressed, the quality of the stream dropped. I tested Steam Link briefly by running Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed on my Android phone with a 4G connection in India (read: generally fast, but can be spotty at times). With this, Valve has now joined the ranks of tech firms racing to make game streaming go mainstream. That’s an upgrade from nearly a year ago, when Steam Link supported streaming between your gadgets, but required them to be on the same Wi-Fi or wired network. Valve has just launched a major update to its Steam Link service: you can now stream and play your collection of games on a desktop or Android device wherever you are. To get started, download the app from here. Update (May 16, 2019): Valve’s Steam Link service now works with iOS too, which means you can stream and play games on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV.
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