14 DAY TRIAL // Cloud gaming services appear to be the next big thing in the tech industry, and giants out there are betting big on such platforms in the long term.
Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, and others have already announced their own gaming services, and all want to bring them to as many users as possible. And doing this also involves a version that would support iPhones, though Apple says such apps violate its App Store policies and does not allow them.
Nvidia has already announced a beta version of a web app that would allow iPhone users to run GeForce Now games on their devices through Safari browser, and Microsoft wants to do the same thing in the coming months.
And now Google has announced a similar approach, with the company confirming that a testing version of a web app allowing iPhone users to access Stadia games would go live rather sooner than later.
Public testing
Google’s goal is as simple as it could be. The search giant wants not only to make its gaming service available on the iPhone, but also do the whole thing before Microsoft, though theoretically, Nvidia was the first big tech company embracing this approach.
Needless to say, web streaming via the browser on iPhone could work, though not everybody agrees with this method of circumventing Apple’s restrictions.
Microsoft, for example, claims that turning to alternative solutions to bring popular services to iPhone users is an approach that eventually affects customers worldwide, and Apple should obviously lift its restrictions and make it possible for everyone to access xCloud, Stadia, and others.
For now, however, the Cupertino-based tech giant doesn’t seem to be too interested in doing this, so web streaming appears to be the future in terms of cloud gaming on the iPhone.