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Microsoft’s ‘Keystone’: The Low-cost TV Streaming Device To Compete With Apple TV

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3 min readMay 27, 2022

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Microsoft may offer the low-cost Apple TV that Apple will not produce.

Microsoft is apparently developing a new, low-cost streaming stick that will enable users to broadcast games and multimedia material.

While Apple currently has the Apple TV, it has previously been speculated that it is working on a new, lower-cost version to compete with the popular Amazon Fire TV Stick.

Of course, the Microsoft Xbox stick would not be able to run tvOS.

Using Windows instead of alternatives such as Android would enable Microsoft to provide its own streaming media applications such as Microsoft Movies & TV.

The greatest Apple TV right now is the Apple TV 4K, but with a starting price of $179, it’s a pricey beast.

Microsoft is developing a low-cost Xbox streaming device to compete with Apple TV.

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Customers will have an even more economical choice for playing console games with the Xbox Series S, released in 2020.

Microsoft now aims to deliver the Xbox experience to even more people by developing a new streaming gadget to compete with Apple TV.

Without an Xbox system, you can play console-level games.

Anyone with a decent internet connection can play Xbox games on any device, even the iPhone and iPad, thanks to Xbox Cloud Gaming.

As a result, it’s reasonable to expect the new Xbox streaming gadget to be less expensive.

If Apple does not change its approach, Apple TV will lose ground to its competition.

“Our unwavering vision for Xbox Cloud Gaming is to enable people to play the games…

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