Microsoft is developing a small dongle / puck that will bring Xbox games to all TVs, sources at Windows Central say.
Microsoft’s new Project Keystone device is essentially a Chromecast that plugs into your TV and allows you to stream Xbox Game Pass. The hardware is described as a dongle or disk, similar to a Google Chromecast, which acts as a receiver for streaming content. It’s like a Roku, only instead of streaming Netflix, you’ll stream Xbox games.
“Xbox Keystone” originally appeared on a list of Windows operating systems as an Xbox product.
The reality is that Keystone is not new, or at least the idea is not new.
Microsoft has been iterating its design since 2016 under the code name Project Hobart. The company has also been talking openly about the live broadcast of games on television for years.
The strategy would help increase the number of Game Passes and consolidate more consumers into Microsoft’s growing digital gaming ecosystem. Given the current framework and adoption of game streaming, Keystone may not be released anytime soon, and if so, Keystone will help push a new direction for the adoption of conventional gaming using Project servers. xCloud and the powerful Game Pass content catalog.