Nvidia officially releases GeForce NOW app for LG TVs
Nvidia has officially released its app for the GeForce NOW game streaming service for LG TVs. This app was released in beta in November last year and now the service is officially available for download from the LG Content Store.
Owners of LG 4k TVs from 2021 can download the app, Nvidia writes. This concerns 4k models from last year, including all OLED, QNED NanoCell and UHD TVs. The app was already released as beta in November, although the app was already fully functional, according to LG, so there were no restrictions.
The app was already limited to 1080p and 60fps during the beta and that is unchanged now. Higher specifications are possible on other platforms. For example, users can achieve a resolution of 1440p and a frame rate of 120fps on the PC and 4k is also possible on the Shield TV.
To be able to play games on LG TVs via the app, a gamepad is required and a bandwidth of 25Mbit/s is required for 1080p and 60gps. The GeForce NOW RTX3080 plan, which supports 120fps, 4k and HDR streaming and 5.1 and 7.1 sound, is not yet available on LG TVs. Only two channel audio is currently supported.
In addition, the Resolution upscaling feature is coming to subscribers with Shield TVs and select Nvidia GPUs, including those from the RTX 30 and RTX 20 series. So this is separate from the app that is now officially out for LG TVs. This new feature is available with the 2.0.37 update and is intended for players with limited bandwidth or with higher resolution screens. It should lead to sharper images that match the resolution of the screen used. The feature works by applying sharpening effects to ‘limit the visible blurriness during streaming’.
Nvidia is bringing a number of new games to the service this week, namely Mortal Online 2, Daemon X Machina, Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition, Tropico 6 and Assassin’s Creed III Deluxe Edition. The streaming service is free to use for an hour per session; those who want to continue playing for longer must take out a subscription for ten euros per month. The streaming service had 14 million subscribers at the end of last year.