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Stadia controllers could only connect through Wi-Fi when they launched. Google allowed Stadia controller owners to switch the controller to Bluetooth mode back in January 2023. Stadia controllers ...

Google has extended the time limit you have to convert a Google Stadia controller to Bluetooth. You now have until December 31, 2025, representing an extension of one year. It might come to pass that ...

The Stadia controller conversion tool was Google’s way of letting customers who purchased the controller avoid its obsolescence. The controller was meant to be for the sole purpose of playing games on ...

Game streaming service Google Stadia (why are you laughing?) shut down in 2022, leaving behind one mark on the physical realm: its not-too-shabby-looking gamepads. Originally intended for Wi-Fi-only ...

Google’s Stadia cloud gaming platform has been dead for the better part of 3 years now, but the sole piece of hardware, the Stadia Controller, has lived on. Now, as yet another arbitrary cutoff nears, ...

Little by little, Google has opened Stadia up, and now Stadia has come to virtually all Android phones. You don't even need a controller to play, provided you don't mind buttons all over your screen.

It was announced earlier this week that the deadline to synchronize your Stadia controller with Bluetooth was approaching. Those who have yet to do so can now breathe a sigh of relief, as Google has ...