Indian gamers will have to wait a little longer to access Nvidia GeForce Now, as the company has pushed the full launch of its cloud gaming service to Q1 2026. The service was earlier expected to arrive by November, but Nvidia has confirmed that the delay is due to ongoing server construction within India. This update comes shortly after Xbox expanded its cloud gaming service to the Indian market.
Nvidia is focusing heavily on building local infrastructure to solve one of cloud gaming’s biggest challenges, latency. By hosting servers inside India instead of relying on overseas data centres, the company aims to offer smoother gameplay, faster response times, and better streaming quality. This approach is especially important for demanding AAA games that often struggle with lag when routed through international networks, according to a report.
The delay adds to a series of shifting timelines. Nvidia first announced GeForce Now for India at CES 2025, promising a launch in the first half of the year. The plan later changed to later in the year, then November, and now Q1 2026. Even this window is not fully locked in, as Nvidia said, “We now anticipate the service will go live during the first quarter of 2026.” For now, the official GeForce Now website is active in India, allowing users to register for updates.
GeForce Now will be offered in 3 tiers. The Ultimate plan uses GeForce RTX 4080 and RTX 5080 servers, supports over 4000 games, offers 8 hour sessions, up to 4K resolution on 4080 and 5K on 5080, frame rates up to 240 FPS and 360 FPS, HDR10 and SDR10, top queue priority, 16 virtual CPU cores with 56 GB RAM, ultrawide support, DLSS 3 and DLSS 4 with frame generation, ray tracing, Cloud G Sync, Nvidia Reflex, and 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound. The Performance tier includes over 4000 games, 6 hour sessions, up to 1440p at 60 FPS, HDR10 and SDR10, higher queue priority, 8 virtual CPU cores with 28 GB RAM, ray tracing, ultrawide support, and surround sound. The Free tier is ad supported, offers over 2000 games, 1 hour sessions, up to 1080p at 60 FPS, and 4 virtual CPU cores with 14 GB RAM. Indian pricing has not been revealed and may be announced at launch. Compared to Xbox Cloud Gaming, GeForce Now lets users stream games they already own and delivers much higher performance, while Xbox focuses on 1080p streaming through its Game Pass library.
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