We have no doubt that the mobile phone is gradually a station designed to play. The power of today’s cutting-edge processors allows us to run more realistic graphics, and if our smartphone is unrealistic, we will always have the game in the cloud.

We assume that YouTube will think so, because rumors have been loudly circulating for several months that they will offer video games as well as videos. Other companies in the industry, like Netflix, are already doing this, and as we read in The Verge, YouTube games have already been seen.

Stadia hands over the flag to YouTube

It may or may not have something to do with it, but the truth is that Stadia’s expected and natural demise has left Google without a stronghold in the video game market from which it could take a slice of the pie. Lately, some have been dominated by an Xbox that has -finally- managed to close its acquisition of Activision Blizzard and a Sony that continues to do its job. mobile focused alternativesLike the Netflix offer.

YouTube will be trying something similar with new ‘Playables’ for new subscribers only (for now). It will now offer access to a number of online games that we can enjoy both online and offline. Android app like from a computer.

As Droid-Life points out, YouTube ‘Playables’ were introduced experimentally in September and are currently rolling out to some users who received notifications last week. If we become part of YouTube Premium, we will soon be able to play a video. total of 37 mini gameswithout downloading or installing anything.

What are these games? It’s not like Google does everything right now. We have ordinary titles like Brain Out, The Daily Crossword or Angry Birds Showdown, and these will not remain on YouTube forever: the Premium notification indicates that they will be available until March 28, 2024.

These will appear in the ‘Playables’ section, which will have its own corner in the game. ‘Discover’ tab. Experiments like this one are a common practice on the video platform, accessible to Premium users. Currently, there are other assets, such as the function of combining Google’s artificial intelligence with YouTube to ask questions about the videos we watch.

Even so, these new YouTube ‘Playables’ are definitely be attractive for gamers who generally use new generation consoles. But this is a way of following the trend started by others like Netflix, but it’s a bit far from what Stadia and Amazon have already tried with the recently released Luna.

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