{"id":122117,"date":"2021-02-13T22:02:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T22:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=122117"},"modified":"2021-04-08T08:39:42","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T07:39:42","slug":"airconsole-review-gaming-without-a-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/gaming\/airconsole-review-gaming-without-a-console\/","title":{"rendered":"AirConsole : Gaming without a console"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have two game consoles at home, but I never found interesting team games for them.\u00a0Getting together three or four of us online is not a problem, for this there are many even free games, but getting together and playing something in one apartment is difficult.\u00a0Something suitable can be found, but holding three or four gamepads for this is too expensive.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Local Multiplayer Game The Neighborhood (Updated) | AirConsole Game List\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NyF5lS0qj3Q?feature=oembed\" width=\"920\" height=\"518\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So once I discovered the AirConsole service &#8211; a set of simple mini-games that run on a TV or computer, and instead of ordinary gamepads, you can use any smartphone.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/airconsole-2-1200x678.jpg\" alt=\"Pictures on request &quot;airconsole&quot;\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>AirConsole consists of two parts &#8211; the service runs on a TV, computer, laptop or tablet directly in a browser or a special application, and players connect to the session from their smartphones.\u00a0The main thing is that all devices are on the same local network.\u00a0To connect, you just need to enter a special code, which will appear in the application.<\/p>\n<p>The number of participants is limited only by games &#8211; most often it is a maximum of 4 people, but some may have up to 8 or even up to 16 players.\u00a0All modern smartphones on Android and iOS are supported, for control it is not even necessary to download the application, you can connect through a browser.\u00a0The games themselves run on any computer in a browser or in a special application for Windows.\u00a0There is a service for TVs, but only with Android TV, you can simply connect a laptop via HDMI to other models, even the weakest computer will do.<\/p>\n<p>The AirConsole service itself is, of course, paid.\u00a0There is a free mode in which there are 11 games available with a 2-player limit &#8211; that&#8217;s enough to give you a try and see if you need it.\u00a0The service works without restrictions by subscription &#8211; it costs 329 \u20bd per month.\u00a0An annual subscription is now being sold at a discount, cheaper than a thousand dollars.<\/p>\n<p>For example, I don&#8217;t use AirConsole all the time, I just subscribe and turn it off immediately until I need it next time.<\/p>\n<p>A more important problem for some may be the translation, which is not in the games &#8211; they are all in English.\u00a0In most games, this is not so important, everything will be clear without translation, but the service has good word games that will not be available without knowing the language, this should be taken into account.<\/p>\n<h4>What to play<\/h4>\n<p>For me, the beauty of AirConsole is that it has a variety of games that are both fun and very simple to keep everyone interested.\u00a0There are more than 160 games in total, but there are only about 20 really good ones among them. This should be enough for a few fun evenings with friends.<\/p>\n<p>On my own I want to recommend a few games.\u00a0The most beloved among friends is The Neighborhood &#8211; it&#8217;s a cross between Worms and Angry Birds, only much simpler.\u00a0The game has two teams, each with its own tower and a set of characters with various weapons.\u00a0The goal is to eliminate all opponents by adjusting the trajectory of the shot.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mega Monster Party on AirConsole\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EUtv-lV9wx4?feature=oembed\" width=\"920\" height=\"518\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airconsole.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-schema-attribute=\"\">More info at airconsole.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>You should be aware that AirConsole provide simple games that, in terms of quality, cannot even get close to modern projects for consoles and PCs. Usually one AirConsole game lasts for half an hour or an hour, but they can be constantly changed. So this set will last for a long time &#8211; it turns out to be an ideal option if you are not ready to pay tens of thousands for the console and several thousand for games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have two game consoles at home, but I never found interesting team games for them.\u00a0Getting together three or four of us online is not a problem, for this there are many even free games, but getting together and playing something in one apartment is difficult.\u00a0Something suitable can be found, but holding three or four [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/gaming\/airconsole-review-gaming-without-a-console\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":122118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[777],"tags":[778],"class_list":{"0":"post-122117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gaming","8":"tag-reviews"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}