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Facebook takes mobile games into the cloud

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Facebook on Monday put its spin on cloud gaming by letting players instantly hop into an array of mobile games at the social network without downloading apps—but won’t be offering the service for Apple iOS devices.
October 26,2020 Facebook on Monday put its spin on cloud gaming by letting players instantly hop into an array of mobile games at the social network without downloading apps—but won’t be offering the service for Apple iOS devices. Vice president of play Jason Rubin noted that Facebook is not spinning off a cloud gaming service along the lines of Google Stadia and Microsoft xCloud, which offer console-quality titles hosted online. The new Facebook capability is designed to let players start games at the social network then switch to downloaded mobile apps without losing any progress it wouldn’t synch with iPhones due to “control” exerted by Apple, according to Rubin. “Unfortunately, we’re not launching cloud games on iOS, so only Android and web players will enjoy integrated cloud games on Facebook while we work on alternative options for iOS,” Rubin said in a blog post.

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