wp-plugin-hostgator domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114ol-scrapes domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/5\/6\/23058773\/microsoft-xbox-streaming-stick-tv-app-puck-samsung-hdmi-dongle<\/a> In November 2020, Microsoft gaming CEO Phil Spencer revealed you\u2019d likely be able to stream Xbox games to your TV \u201cin the next 12 months<\/a>.\u201d And, in June 2021, the company confirmed it would soon offer both a smart TV app and <\/em>an Xbox streaming stick<\/a> to make it happen. <\/p>\n But it\u2019s been 11 months since \u201csoon\u201d and 17 months since Spencer suggested it\u2019d be 12 months. And, now, both VentureBeat<\/em>\u2019s Jeff Grubb<\/a> and The Verge<\/em>\u2019s own Tom Warren<\/a> are reporting that the wait isn\u2019t over. <\/p>\n Grubb now says we can expect the Xbox puck \u201cin the next 12 months,\u201d which I will remind you is the same exact phrase Spencer uttered 17 months ago, alongside the words<\/a>, \u201cI don\u2019t think anything is going to stop us from doing that.\u201d (I will also remind you that Microsoft already developed a similar product last decade but canceled it before a planned E3 2016 debut<\/a>.)<\/p>\n But both my colleague Tom \u2014 a man who does not quite understand the meaning of the word \u201cvacation\u201d \u2014 and Grubb have good reasons to believe Microsoft is serious this time around. They\u2019re both namedropping a so-called \u201cXbox Everywhere\u201d initiative within Microsoft, and they point to how Microsoft just made Fortnite<\/em> free to play on any iPhone or Android handset or PC<\/a> as a signal that the initiative has legs. <\/p>\n Xbox Everywhere includes devices like a TV puck for Xbox Cloud Gaming, apps for TVs, and even Microsoft’s original plan to let you play all Xbox games you own through the cloud<\/p>\n \u2014 Tom Warren (@tomwarren) May 5, 2022<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n We, at The Verge, <\/em>have spilled quite a bit of ink writing about how well-positioned Microsoft is with cloud gaming<\/a> and how its Xbox Game Pass subscription service is<\/em> the true next-gen Xbox<\/a>, particularly now that it\u2019s buying Activision Blizzard<\/a> and becoming one of the biggest game companies in the world. <\/p>\n Cloud gaming still has a lot to prove, but when you can just slap a controller on a phone and call it a portable Xbox<\/a> or load it on a machine like the Steam Deck<\/a>, it\u2019s hard not to see the potential.<\/p>\n
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