Starting on Wednesday and rolling out through the end of the year, Samsung is pushing over-the-air updates to select 2021 or later smart TVs. The move is.
Why it matters: Samsung took a giant leap into the gaming market, announcing several gaming-related developments, including firmware updates that add Game Pass and GeForce Now apps to TVs you may already own. As long as you have a game-streaming subscription to any of Samsung’s partners, you will be good to go without needing a gaming console or PC.
Starting on Wednesday and rolling out through the end of the year, Samsung is pushing over-the-air updates to select 2021 or later smart TVs. The move is part of Samsung’s effort to promote its new “Gaming Hub” introduced in 2022 TVs. The new firmware supports several video game streaming options, including Xbox Game Pass, Nvidia GeForce Now, and Utomik. Two more partners, Blacknut and Antstream, are coming in 2023.
“When Samsung Gaming Hub rolled out earlier this year on 2022 TV models, the number one question we received was, ‘when is game streaming coming to my 2021 TV,'” said Samsung’s Mike Lucero, head of product for gaming. “Today, we are happy to share with our eager fans that they will be able to play the games they love before the end of this year.
