Chromium code officially references Google's alleged game service 'Yeti'

Back in February, we heard rumors about a supposed gaming service from Google, codenamed “Yeti.” Since that rumor broke, we haven’t heard much else about the Yeti project, which seems to be a game streaming service akin to PlayStation Now and NVIDIA GeForce Now.

However, the folks over at 9to5Google found a reference to Yeti in an interesting place: in Chromium code commits, specifically in a Chromecast-related section.

The code snippet is reposted below:

While the code and the messages there might seem confusing, it appears that what’s getting discussed here is the sync of audio and video elements connected to a Chromecast. Obviously, if the audio and video are not synced together it can be a real pain to watch media content — or play video games. Judging from this conversation here, it seems that the Yeti team has a preferred limit for how much audio and video can be out of sync before it becomes noticeable.

This may all seem kind of pointless, but this is notable for one simple reason: we now have verifiable, public proof that Google Yeti is a real thing. Of course, we still don’t know exactly what it is, when we’ll see a release, or any other important details about the mysterious service. But the service does exist!

If Google were to release a game streaming service that worked within Chromium (and thus, within the Google Chrome browser), it could cause a serious shake-up within the $105 billion gaming industry, an area where Google has remained notably absent.

What do you think? Let us know your Yeti theories in the comments.

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