Google Launches Chromebooks for Gaming

<p class&equals;"drop-cap" data-block-key&equals;"v3bkl">Chromebooks have always been known for being fast&comma; secure and easy-to-use devices&period; Since their launch more than a decade ago&comma; Google has improved their capabilities and expanded the variety of devices for people to choose&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-block-key&equals;"1didu">Last month&comma; Google has introduced the world’s first laptops built for cloud gaming with partners Acer&comma; ASUS and Lenovo&period; These new Chromebooks bring together gaming hardware features&comma; access to the latest games with cutting edge graphics through the cloud&comma; and software designed to make gaming fast and easy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-block-key&equals;"1didu">The new Acer Gaming Chromebook can be bought from Best Buy for &dollar;649&period; The ASUS Gaming Chromebook is on sale for &dollar;699 at Best Buy and the Leno Gaming Chromebook was recently priced at &dollar;399 at Walmart&period;com&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-block-key&equals;"3ooun">Google has teamed up with NVIDIA to bring support for GeForce NOW’s highest performance RTX 3080 tier to cloud gaming Chromebooks&comma; so you can stream titles like Fortnite&comma; Cyberpunk 2077&comma; Crysis 3 Remastered and more at up to 1600p resolution and 120 frames per second&comma; taking full advantage of the 120Hz&plus; high-resolution displays&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-block-key&equals;"e2h7o">The RTX 3080 membership also boosts your gameplay with features like ray tracing&comma; which simulates how light behaves in the real world to make visuals hyper-realistic&period; The GeForce NOW app will come preinstalled on gaming Chromebooks&comma; so getting to your favorite game will be even easier&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-block-key&equals;"9koe0">Google has also worked with Microsoft to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming &lpar;Beta&rpar; to Chromebook through an <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;xbox&period;com&sol;en-IN&sol;play" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener" data-analytics-onclick&equals;"&lbrace;&quot&semi;event&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;page interaction&quot&semi;&comma;&quot&semi;category&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;in-article links&quot&semi;&comma;&quot&semi;action&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;link click&quot&semi;&comma;&quot&semi;label&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;xbox&period;com&sol;en-IN&sol;play&quot&semi;&rcub;">installable web app<&sol;a>&period; You can access and install this app by visiting <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;xbox&period;com&sol;play" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener" data-analytics-onclick&equals;"&lbrace;&quot&semi;event&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;page interaction&quot&semi;&comma;&quot&semi;category&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;in-article links&quot&semi;&comma;&quot&semi;action&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;link click&quot&semi;&comma;&quot&semi;label&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;http&colon;&sol;&sol;xbox&period;com&sol;play&quot&semi;&rcub;">xbox&period;com&sol;play<&sol;a>&period; Xbox brings a library of hundreds of games including Forza Horizon 5&comma; Grounded and Microsoft Flight Simulator&comma; accessible through an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-block-key&equals;"9koe0">Chromebooks will now support three leading cloud gaming platforms — Xbox Cloud Gaming &lpar;Beta&rpar;&comma; NVIDIA GeForce NOW and Amazon Luna — bringing with them full PC and console games straight from the cloud&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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