NVIDIA kicks off 2026 for GeForce NOW with a new app

Today, NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW service is available across many platforms and screens but doesn’t mean it can be everywhere that could (e.g. Linux) for example ‘I think the most important thing I know about this? But thankfully, NVIDIA has officially announced that it is expanding the availability of GeForce NOW to new platforms beyond where it can already be available. This will allow more gamers than ever to enjoy their favorite games in the cloud, reducing the need for a high-powered PC to run games at higher settings.

A native GeForce NOW app for Linux will be available as of this week. Imagine s Just imagine. Unlike Steam and other game clients, you can play games without doing anything more than downloading one app and sign in. You won’t have to use Wine or any other Linux tool to get around compatibility. Linux has a number of different forks, according to that statement. Assuming that it’s not all the versions of Linux, so you need to know which version is being supported.

NVIDIA says that GeForce NOW will support Linux, but it’s starting small with Ubuntu

So it seems pretty likely that GeForce NOW will eventually come to other Linux distros. But NVIDIA confirms that it’s starting with Ubuntu, though this is the first time around. Specifically, Ubuntu version 24 is a . Afterwards, 04 and after . These are the keywords here “starting with” for GeForce NOW coming to Linux. It also suggests that the app will eventually be available to other distros at some point, according to this. NVIDIA isn’t ready to share those details, probably because it’s still working on development.

Apart from the service to Ubuntu, NVIDIA also confirms that GeForce NOW is available on Fire TV streaming sticks as a new native app.

It’s a week of very few new titles as for the games, but at least if there are some. The subscribers to GeForce NOW are also receiving StarRupture, Ancient Farm, Pathologic 3, Blood West, Paradise Killer and Supermarket Simulator this week. The first three are the Steam version, Blood West and Paradise Killer (the Epic Games Store version), and Supermarket Simulator (also available via GamePass if you have it) Xbox version. NVIDIA also confirms that support is brewing for flight sticks.

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