LG has announced that it is bringing two of the top cloud gaming services, Google Stadia and Nvidia’s GeForce Now, to its newest TVs later this year. Stadia is expected to be available in the second half of the year, after the 2021 line of OLED, QNED and NanoCell TVs starts selling – with GeForce Now coming some time later.
The news means a continuous expansion for both services. Google has promised that Stadia will arrive on Google TV (including the latest Chromecast) in the first half of 2021. Last week, Sony announced its line of 2021 TVs. They all run Google TV, so I bet you’ll also be able to find Stadia on them when they are released in a few months.
As for GeForce Now, it is currently available on the Nvidia Shield platform, Windows, macOS, Chrome OS, Android and (in beta) on Safari for iOS and iPadOS. But it is not delivered natively on any TV, so LG is among the first in this regard.
It is not clear whether these applications will be available for LG TVs in 2020 and earlier. For now, the company is just promising that they will arrive on the 2021 models, which have a new “Game Optimizer” settings area that conveniently brings together the most important options for players, such as refresh rate, entry lag and more.