2019 tech that may help shape the decade ahead for gadgets

NEW DELHI : The coming year is a big one for technology. With 5G finally making its way to the market, a lot of things that were once considered futuristic are set to become reality. The footprints of some of these technologies that were seen this year will create even stronger ripples over the next decade.

No more game downloads

Take the cloud platform Google Stadia for instance. While it didn’t get the reception Google would have hoped for, the concept of cloud gaming is here to stay.

The sheer fact that you can play a console game like Assassin’ s Creed Odyssey on any device, be it your smartphone, computer or television (TV), without having to download and install a large file first, is groundbreaking in itself.