Asus joins the fight for cloud gaming dominance with its latest Chromebook
Asus made some serious waves atCES 2023with a pair of strongChromeOSofferings. Alongside a new Qi-enabledChromebox 5, the Taiwanese companyannounceda beastly new Chromebook catered to the burgeoning cloud gaming market.
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That powertrain is supplemented by a host of features to enhance the cloud gaming experience. It’s got the gamer aesthetic down thanks to an RGB backlit keyboard and orange-accented WASD keys. Wi-Fi 6E is included to ensure a steady connection and low latency. The 14-inch screen has a Chromebook-record-breaking 144Hz refresh rate at a 1920x1200 resolution, and if that’s not enough for you, it can output 4K visuals over the included HDMI 2.1 port.
There’s stillsome skepticism around cloud gaming, considering this announcement comes exactly 2 weeks beforeGoogle is slated to shut down Stadia, the de facto cloud gaming service for ChromeOS until recently. But the industry is still going strong despite this, and Asus is even including free trials for bothNvidia GeForce Now, andAmazon Luna. And, of course, there’s always Xbox Cloud Gaming, whichjust got a huge upgrade on Chromebooksthanks to a progressive web app.
Asus hasn’t provided any pricing yet, but it’s possible to expect this to be one of the more expensive Chromebooks when it hits shelves. There’s also no word on a release date, but given that it’s being showcased at CES, sometime in the first half of 2023 makes sense. Whenever it makes its debut, the spec sheet alone should rank it pretty highly among thebest Chromebooks of 2023.
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