The recently released Pixel 6 Pro. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales

Pixel 6 Pro owners just got another reason to give Nvidiaโ€™s GeForce Now cloud game streaming service a shot. The service can now stream games at 120fps on Googleโ€™s latest flagship smartphone, according to a recently updated support page spotted by XDA Developers. Itโ€™s unclear when the update rolled out exactly, but it means games should feel smoother and more responsive to play compared to when they were capped at 60fps.

That makes Googleโ€™s phone the first non-Samsung smartphone to support 120fps. According to Nvidiaโ€™s help page, the feature has previously been available for Samsungโ€™s S21 lineup, as well as its S20 FE and Note 20 phones. Youโ€™ll need to pay for GeForce Nowโ€™s top-of-the-line RTX 3080 tier to stream games at this higher framerate, which costs $99.99 for six months of service. Thatโ€™s not exactly cheap, but itโ€™s still more affordable than actually tracking down one of the graphics cards for yourself, and as of last week, thereโ€™s no waitlist to sign up.

120fps streaming is also available on PC and Mac

On Android, GeForce Now is limited to 1080p streaming, which is, unfortunately, lower than the native resolution of the Pixel 6 Proโ€™s 1440p screen. If you want 1440p streaming at 120fps, then youโ€™ll need to stream to a PC or Mac, while jumping up to 4K 60fps HDR streaming requires an Nvidia Shield TV. 1080p streaming also requires 25mbps of bandwidth, and Nvidia recommends connecting to a 5GHz wireless router.

Itโ€™s a neat little upgrade for Nvidiaโ€™s game streaming service, which allows you to play some (but not all) of your existing games bought on Steam, the Epic Games Store, and Ubisoft Connect / Uplay. Weโ€™ve already been impressed with what itโ€™s capable of, and updates like these hardly hurt. Hopefully, 4K support on non-Nvidia hardware isnโ€™t far behind.

If you have a GeForce Now RTX 3080 subscription and youโ€™re using a Pixel 6 Pro, you can manually enable the higher framerate from the Stream quality menu in the GeForce Now app.

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