Stadia: Difference between revisions
As someone who purchased 4 stadia controllers in the past 3 months, I'm glad there's a user hosted tool now. |
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===Controller lockdown=== | ===Controller lockdown=== | ||
When Stadia launched, consumers could purchase a controller specifically meant to function only for the Stadia service. After the shutdown, Google granted users a limited time to update the firmware on their controllers. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Mustafa |first=Mahmoud |date=2024-12-10 |title=You now have one extra year to update your Stadia Controller’s firmware |url=https://www.kitguru.net/peripherals/mustafa-mahmoud/you-now-have-one-extra-year-to-update-your-stadia-controllers-firmware/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/WDuGn |archive-date=9 Jan 2026 |website=KitGuru.net}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Stadia Bluetooth mode |url=https://stadia.google.com/controller/index_en_GB.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/URgwp |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=2025-10-20 |website=Stadia}}</ref> On ''January 1st, 2025'', users could no-longer update their controllers to use "Bluetooth mode",<ref name=":0" /> as Google stopped hosting the update data on their services. Later the EOL date was | When Stadia launched, consumers could purchase a controller specifically meant to function only for the Stadia service. After the shutdown, Google granted users a limited time to update the firmware on their controllers. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Mustafa |first=Mahmoud |date=2024-12-10 |title=You now have one extra year to update your Stadia Controller’s firmware |url=https://www.kitguru.net/peripherals/mustafa-mahmoud/you-now-have-one-extra-year-to-update-your-stadia-controllers-firmware/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/WDuGn |archive-date=9 Jan 2026 |website=KitGuru.net}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Stadia Bluetooth mode |url=https://stadia.google.com/controller/index_en_GB.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/URgwp |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=2025-10-20 |website=Stadia}}</ref> On ''January 1st, 2025'', users could no-longer update their controllers to use "Bluetooth mode",<ref name=":0" /> as Google stopped hosting the update data on their services. Later the EOL date was extended to December 31, 2025, though in January 2026 a version of the web tool by Christopher Klay was made available.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chromeunboxed.com/the-official-stadia-bluetooth-site-is-gone-but-theres-still-a-way-to-update-your-controller/|title=The official Stadia Bluetooth site is gone, but there’s still a way to update your controller|first=Joseph|last=Humphrey|date=2026-01-23|work=Chrome Unboxed|access-date=2025-01-23}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||