Stadia Matt – Long live the gaming Chromebooks

Just a week or so ago, Google announced the end of its game streaming service Stadia, which hit the grave shortly after the end of the year. The major investment in games in a streaming format did not go as planned, and despite the fact that the service infrastructure is now available to players who want to build their own gaming services, Google no longer sees any future in any of the hardware or software under its supervision.

► Google is playing tricks on Stadia – discontinued in January

It now appears that though, Google is not yet done with streaming games. They may have set Stadia on fire, but now they rise from the ashes instead Chromebooks for gaming Like a phoenix. Google doesn’t mince words, calling its new gaming-focused computers “the perfect hardware for cloud gaming.” This time around, it won’t be cross-platform, but Google has instead teamed up with Microsoft and Nvidia to integrate Xbox Cloud Gaming support and Geforce Now into Chrome OS.

In addition to supporting 1000 different games, laptops get a host of other features associated with the games. In terms of hardware, it includes a screen with a refresh rate of 120 Hz, support for Wifi 6 or 6E, and, of course, perhaps most important of all – an RGB-lit keyboard. Without disco lighting, as you know, it’s hard to perform to the fullest.

Google admits that Chromebooks are not necessarily related to games. When company computers first arrived, they were cheap alternatives that gained a niche in schools and workplaces as affordable alternatives to simpler work tasks. Google thinks it can instead become the powerhouse of the Chromebook, as one undercover– Option for undercover players who don’t know as players.

First, there are three models from three different manufacturers: the Acer Chromebook 516 GE, the Asus Chromebook Vibe CX55 Flip, and finally the Lenovo Ideapad Gaming Chromebook. Cost depends on configuration, but for base variants, pricing starts at $649 for the Acer variant and $699 for Asus and Lenovo models, respectively. Pricing and launch date in Europe is not clear from the Google blog post.