Microsoft has announced it is bringing Xbox Game Pass support to a number of 2021 Samsung Smart TVs.
The XCloud Cloud Gaming app will begin appearing inside Samsung’s Gaming Hub on select 2021 televisions, with the roll out happening throughout the rest of 2022.
“This means existing Samsung customers will have instant access to Xbox Cloud Gaming with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, letting players stream hundreds of high-quality Xbox games, including new releases like Grounded and Pentiment, directly on their Smart TVs,” Microsoft explains.
Samsung has a number of updates coming down the barrel, including the ability to cloud stream PC games in 4K and at 60 frames per second, via the GeForce Now, and the addition of Antstream Arcade and Blacknut to its gaming library. Both offer retro gaming titles such as Mortal Kombat and Pac-Man.
Samsung has also added haptic feedback to its Gaming Hub, meaning smart TVs from 2021 and 2022 will “get to feel a more immersive cloud gaming experience with rumble on controllers.”
Bluetooth-enabled controller, such as the Xbox Wireless Controller and PlayStation DualSense, will now feel rumbling and feedback in select Xbox games.
“Feel the wheels hitting that pavement as you drift in Forza Horizon 5 and the reloads of your Battle Rifle in your Halo: Infinite online multiplayer matches,” Microsoft said.
Haptic feedback rolls out by the end of the year.
