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Mobile

Phones, streaming and what a connection has to deliver before a game is playable.

Cloud Gaming or a Native Install What Each One Asks of Your Phone and Your Line - illustration

What it needs

Cloud Gaming or a Native Install: What Each One Asks of Your Phone and Your Line

One wants bandwidth and stability. The other wants storage and headroom.

The takeawayTests their own connection the right way and picks the method that fits their genre and hardware.

Why a Phone Slows Down After Twenty Minutes of Play, and What You Can Change - illustration

Explained

Why a Phone Slows Down After Twenty Minutes of Play, and What You Can Change

It is not the game. It is the temperature, and it arrives on schedule.

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What it uses

How Much Mobile Data an Hour of Cloud Gaming Really Uses

Bitrate times hours. The arithmetic nobody prints.

Setting Up a Phone Controller So Latency Is Not the Thing That Beats You - illustration

How to

Setting Up a Phone Controller So Latency Is Not the Thing That Beats You

Three ways to connect a pad, and the delay each one adds.

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