It’s on Samsung TVs and LG TVs, and pretty soon Hisense’s take on television sets will get an Xbox experience minus the console.
This week’s announcement that Hisense had shiny new TVs wasn’t much of a surprise, and neither was its evolution of Mini-LED, Hisense’s take on what Micro RGB is to other companies.
But what was a surprise is a feature set to improve how gamers see Hisense TVs.
While fast screens with speedy refresh rates can help add extra frames to games to make the movement seem fluid, much like how watching sports is easier with high-speed TV panels, Microsoft is connecting with Hisense for its newly updated smart TV operating system, now renamed from Vidaa into simply “V”.
That collaboration will bring with Copilot AI integration, but also features something found on other smart TVs: Xbox Cloud Gaming.
Simply put, you’ll now be able to grab an Xbox controller, pair it with your Hisense TV (or potentially Hisense laser projector), and log in with an Xbox Game Pass subscription to play games without needing the console.
You’ll still need a broadband connection to make all of this work, but you won’t need a console, which is the point.
As it is now (and when we reviewed Xbox Cloud Gaming), you simply need a browser or an app, and then the Game Pass subscription, giving you access to an Xbox in the cloud to play games. It’s something Samsung TVs have received for Tizen OS and also LG TVs for webOS, and it now seems Hisense is getting the feature on its 2026 TVs, as well.
There’s no word yet on whether this feature will come to existing Hisense TVs and projectors (such as the PX3 projector we reviewed to end last year) but we suspect 2025 models should see the update, as the technology is usually less about the hardware and more about software.
Unless Hisense has made major changes to its platform, we suspect this feature should find its way out to more than just the latest screens, but we’ll let you know when we know more.
