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Samsung Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Note 20 sequence customers can now set up a devoted app that may improve the efficiency of choose video games on their telephones by means of standalone GPU driver updates. The Samsung GameDriver app is offered for each Exynos and Qualcomm Snapdragon variations of the Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Note 20 fashions. The South Korean firm has solely picked its flagship fashions for the brand new expertise for now, but it surely does have plans to increase the GameDriver app to further units over time.
To deliver the GameDriver app, Samsung has partnered with Google and GPU distributors together with ARM and Qualcomm. “Game Driver provides a new way of updating GPU driver by store and this delivers more stable and better performing GPU driving for the target games,” the corporate stated in a submit on the Samsung Developers web site.
Samsung hasn’t launched any gaming smartphones to take on the likes of Asus ROG Phone 3 and Razer Phone 2 which have devoted {hardware} modifications together with particular warmth dissipating system and particular controls for motion video games. The firm, nevertheless, has aggressive units together with the Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Note 20 fashions which have the potential to be the primary selection for players.
But since cellular video games have gotten extra graphic-intensive, Samsung’s new GameDriver app permits the corporate to present enhancements — even with out rolling out full software program updates. In a approach, it is comparable to how PC players usually replace their GPU drivers. Companies like Nvidia present common updates for his or her graphics processors to deliver enhancements and optimisations that are not out there by means of common software program updates.
But Samsung isn’t the primary producer to deliver GPU driver updates to smartphones. In March, Qualcomm introduced assist for updateable GPU drivers on its Snapdragon SoCs utilizing the Snapdragon Elite Gaming function. It debuted on the Pixel 4 and the Pixel Four XL by means of a partnership with sure sport studios. Companies together with Oppo and Xiaomi have additionally supplied a comparable expertise on their flagships within the current previous.
That stated, when you have a Samsung Galaxy S20 or Galaxy Note 20 cellphone, you’ll be able to obtain the Exynos or Qualcomm model of the GameDriver app immediately from Google Play retailer. It helps titles together with Black Desert, Fortnite, and Call of Duty: Mobile. However, the record might get up to date within the coming days. Samsung has stated that it plans to make the app out there to extra units quickly.
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