Samsung has released its Gaming Hub for 2022 smart TVs and monitors. This allows these devices to stream games directly via Xbox Cloud Gaming, Nvidia GeForce Now, Google Stadia, Utomik and later Amazon Luna.
The Gaming Hub runs on Samsung’s proprietary operating system Tizen and offers passthrough support for Xbox and PlayStation controllers. There is also support for Bluetooth headsets, eliminating the need to buy separate hardware. In addition to the services mentioned above, Gaming Hub also makes it possible to use apps from music and streaming services.
For the time being, the Gaming Hub will only come to televisions and monitors that Samsung released in 2022. Those devices can according to the company decode incoming streams faster due to better hardware. According to the South Korean manufacturer, the supported devices contain optimized buffer technology that could reduce the input lag by 30 percent compared to older models. The company promises an incoming stream in 4k or 8k resolution and that by using AI upscaling.
The updated Gaming Hub will be released in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, South Korea and Brazil. It is not clear whether and when it will be the turn of the Benelux. At the beginning of this year, Samsung stated that it also has plans to bring the Gaming Hub to earlier TV models.
Samsung Gaming Hub