Google Plans to Offer a Free Tier for Its Stadia Game Streaming Service

Google Plans to Offer a Free Tier for Its Stadia Game Streaming and Analysts at other companies anticipate that Amazon will introduce a new cloud-gaming service later this year to compete with Google's Stadia and Microsoft's xCloud, and Nvidia's GeForce Now service, which launched this week after seven years in beta testing.


What is Stadia?

Stadia is a cloud gaming service operated by Google. It is advertised to be capable of streaming video games up to 4K resolution at 60 frames per second with support for high-dynamic-range, to players via the company's numerous data centers across the globe, provided they are using a sufficiently high-speed Internet connection. It is accessible through the Google Chrome web browser on desktop computers, or through Pixel smartphones, Chrome OS tablets and Chromecast.

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