If you purchase a new Samsung TV this summer, though, it may come with the functionality ready to go. At present, only 2022 TV models will have the Xbox Game Pass app available - and TVs from the first half of the year will have to wait for it to arrive via a firmware update. It will also be instructive to see whether wireless connections yield similar results, since not every entertainment center is within arm’s reach of a router.įurthermore, this functionality won’t be available to every Samsung Smart TV owner. The real test will be to see how the games hold up over long play sessions. However, it’s worth pointing out that I only streamed a few minutes of each game. If there’s a significant flaw or downside to the Xbox Game Pass app on Samsung Smart TVs, I didn’t see it during my demo. Xbox Game Pass on Samsung TVs: What you need I didn’t notice any lag or stuttering, and the graphics looked about equivalent to what you’d find on an Xbox Series S.Īccording to the Microsoft representative, the Samsung TV was using a standard wired Ethernet connection and streaming at a steady 1080p resolution and 60 frames per second, which is as good as Xbox Game Pass streams get. From the moment I started up Forza Horizon 5, drifting across Mexican deserts, to the moment I put down the controller after lobbing a chunk of TNT at a group of pixelated zombies in Minecraft Dungeons, the Xbox Game Pass app worked precisely as it was supposed to. However, the whole experience was nearly flawless - and I say “nearly” only because the interface for launching and quitting games still needs a little work. If the response isn’t almost instantaneous, games can feel anywhere from “sluggish” to “unplayable.” There’s an Xbox server somewhere miles away, which communicates with your TV, which communicates with your controller, which communicates with your fingers - and then then whole process goes in reverse. When I first got the controller in my hand, I expected some lag or latency, especially since game streaming on a TV represents a long and complicated daisy chain of wireless technology. These games represented a wide swath of genres, from atmospheric platformers to intense first-person shooters. During my meeting, I played small chunks of Forza Horizon 5, Halo Infinite, Gears 5, Ori and the Will of the Wisps and Minecraft Dungeons.
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