NVIDIA’s GeForce Now app lands on Amazon Fire TV sticks
NVIDIA’s cloud gaming service, GeForce Now, has expanded to another platform. Starting today, users with certain Amazon Fire TV sticks can install a native GeForce Now app. If it was already possible to access GeForce Now via the Fire TV platform, you will no longer necessarily need to load an Android application to do so.
Initially, the new app is compatible with the second-generation Fire TV Stick 4K Plus and the second-generation Fire TV Stick 4K Max (running Fire OS 8.1.6.0 and later). It also works with the original Fire TV Stick 4K Max if you’re using Fire OS 7.7.1.1 or later.
On the Fire TV platform, GeForce Now streaming quality reaches 1080p resolution and 60fps frame rate, with SDR visuals, H.264 video encoding, and stereo audio. So you won’t necessarily get the best GeForce Now experience here, as the service supports up to 5K resolution and up to 360fps, as well as HDR10 and 7.1 audio at the highest level. But it’s not a bad option if you already have the right equipment. You will of course also need a controller.
NVIDIA announced the GeForce Now app for Fire TV at CES last month. It joins other cloud gaming services on the Fire TV platform, including Xbox Cloud Gaming (PC Game Pass titles are also available on GeForce Now) and Amazon’s Luna.
