Amazon Luna has just been released on Android and it will be a boost for the cloud gaming service of the e-commerce giant. Together with other similar services (Google Stadia, NVIDIA GeForce Now, PlayStation Now or Microsoft xCloud) the company wants to be preferred and wants to be on Android smartphones.
- Google is developing 400 games for Stadia platform
- Project xCloud will have its own application for Smart TV
- Project xCloud will be compatible with Windows 10 computers with ARM
You can now enjoy Amazon Luna cloud gaming on Android devices
Amazon Luna started last October in an early access phase. It worked on PCs, Macs, Amazon Fire TV devices, and also on Apple mobiles and tablets thanks to a web application that works with Safari on iOS 14. It was surprising that Android, the platform that leads the market by far in the number of devices, was left out of the launch.
Amazon is now extending the availability of the service to Android, although for the moment its availability will be limited as on other platforms and in the testing phase. Amazon has opted for the same approach as in iOS, instead of developing a native application, they wanted the service to be able to work through a web application on the Chrome browser. And specifically through a PWA, progressive web applications that as a new generation of applications that take advantage of the main web technologies (HTML, CSS and JavaScript) are increasingly being used for all types of services.
In principle, and officially, Luna on Android will only work on 21 devices. These are:
- Pixel (4XL, 4a, 4a 5G, 5)
- Samsung: (S10, S10+, Note 10, Note 10+, S20 5G, S20+ 5G, S20 Ultra 5G, Note 20)
- OnePlus (7, 7 Pro, 7 Pro 5G, 8, 8 Pro, Nord, 7T, 7T Pro, 7T Pro 5G)
Amazon Luna Android requirements
Amazon has promised to extend support in the near future and in fact, the service works on some other smartphones too, but they are not on the official list. In order to activate it, the following requirements must be met:
- Android 9 or higher.
- Chrome 86 or higher.
- Minimum internet speed: 10MB/s.
Amazon Luna price
Amazon Luna is available in early access. The price is $5.99 per month and there’s no gameplay time limit. You will be able to access a catalog that will surely not stop growing; a quality 1080p at 60 fps (4K will arrive soon). Amazon also markets an Ubisoft+ subscription for $14.99 per month.
