LG announced that its WebOS-based smart TVs will offer native support for Google Stadia. This means that without having to resort to any kind of extra accessory, you can play the entire catalog of titles offered by Google's streaming gaming platform.
LG jumps on the Google Stadia bandwagon
2021 seems to be an important year for the world of televisions, especially Smart TVs. To begin with, there is the commitment to two new technologies that have been developed for some time and that already seem to be ready to break into the consumer market. We talk about the mini LED and micro LED display technology.
Both proposals have their own advantages and disadvantages compared to current LED and OLED screens. Although one is an improvement at a cost that many users can afford, the other is an increase in terms of quality, even though it will continue to be somewhat prohibitive for the vast majority.
However, beyond these advances at the hardware level, another of the aspects that will mark this entire sector during this 2021 will be services and that is where LG has known how to move quickly.
The Korean company announced that its televisions based on the Latest versions of WebOS will give native support for Google Stadia. Thanks to this, users of these new televisions that will arrive during the current year will be able to access without having to connect or resort to any other external device such as a Chromecast Ultra.
Also, what is interesting is that it will not be a webApp which will give access to the gaming platform via Google streaming but a native app. This in theory should result in a better experience for the user.
LG TVs compatible with Google Stadia
Despite the fact that LG's announcement about native support for Google Stadia has turned out to be very concise, there are a couple of pieces of information that are surely the most interesting to most users and in particular to those who already have a TV. manufacturer.
The first is that The first LG Smart TVs with Google Stadia will be the ones that reach the market and belong to the 2021 range. That means both OLED and QNED Mini LED, NanoCell, and other 2021 models with WebOS 6.0 will have access to the service.
If you have a smart TV running WebOS 5.0, then you'll have to wait until the end of the year for the native app to access Google Stadia to be available on the LG Content Store.
With this movement, not only LG can benefit greatly, but also Google, which would be ahead of other rivals such as xCloud or even Nvidia's GeForce Now or Amazon's Luna. Another thing is that there are users who really put access to certain services before the best possible image quality, which would be the really important thing for any user to consider.
Because accessing Netflix, HBO, Google Stadia or any other service is something that can easily be fixed with external devices and update them to improve performance when needed.