A few years in the past, Microsoft formally confirmed the existence of the Xbox “Keystone”, confirming in Could of 2022 that the corporate had determined to “pivot away from the present iteration of the gadget” and discover a new method.
The Keystone was a streaming field that will allow you to play Xbox Cloud Gaming titles on “any TV or monitor with out the necessity for a console”, and a newly-discovered patent reveals what it may need appeared like (thanks, Home windows Central).
Within the photographs (extra of that are viewable by way of the patent), the Keystone is proven to be a small, sq. field that intently resembles the Xbox Sequence S. It comes with a USB port, energy button, ethernet port, HDMI port and pairing button.
So far as we all know, the Keystone is not nonetheless in growth at Microsoft. Xbox boss Phil Spencer talked about in late 2022 that the unique design was too costly to make (the objective was to promote at round $99 – $129), however the firm was nonetheless dedicated to discovering an answer on the time. Since then although, speak concerning the Keystone has gone very quiet, other than the gadget being noticed on Phil Spencer’s shelf in a video final yeaar (as you may see above).
This factor might by no means see the sunshine of day, but it surely’s good to see what it would possibly have appeared like!