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Although the MacBook Air M1 and Mac mini M1 managed to impress us with their impressive performance and incredible efficiency, some are still wary of straying away from Intel-based machines. There’s a good reason for this: Apple is fairly transparent in that the new architecture doesn’t support all software, and while this gap will close over time, if the software you choose isn’t there, it’s hard to justify the upgrade.
And while few would buy a Mac solely for the gaming options, those with a new MacBook or Mac mini M1 have many more options. With GeForce Now 2.0.27, Nvidia has added support for Mac M1 in the official macOS app. That, along with the games that can be played through an Apple Arcade subscription, makes the new hardware much easier to sell for those who like to play the occasional game.
It’s not just new Mac owners who will benefit. At the same time, Nvidia has added support for the Google Chrome browser, opening the door for millions of entry-level laptops to remotely stream games. As long as they can run a Chrome window, they will suddenly have access to over 2000 games.
Nvidia says the additional Chrome support is intended for Windows and macOS machines (ChromeOS was already added last August). “Other platforms may work, but are not supported,” the notes explain.
For those unfamiliar, GeForce Now allows even simple hardware to run triple-A games by connecting it to a high-powered gaming PC in the cloud that does the heavy lifting for you, before streaming the video output to your device.
However, it is not a streaming service in the same way as, say, Netflix. You must have the games you want to stream on Steam, Epic Games Store, or similar, and while you can pay for a subscription membership (currently $ 24.95 for six months), it doesn’t include games, it just adds features like priority access, removes session duration. hour of the free tier and adds ray tracing support.
In theory, any game can run on GeForce Now, and the service includes both hardware-intensive titles like Cyberpunk 2077 and free games like Apex Legends. But it requires game publishers to sign up, which some were initially reluctant to do, feeling that in theory they were funding Nvidia’s paid memberships without any financial incentive to do so.
Things seem to have settled down a bit now, but you can read the full game list here to make sure your favorite title is in the mix before signing up.
