Google is now testing YouTube Playables, before Stadia's corpse is cold
Google surrendered the field of AAA game streaming with Stadia, but that won't stop it from launching a poorly conceived web and mobile gaming platform on YouTube.
Google surrendered the field of AAA game streaming with Stadia, but that won't stop it from launching a poorly conceived web and mobile gaming platform on YouTube.
Almost three years after launching, Google said on Thursday that not only is it closing the Stadia game streaming service, it is also refunding all hardware and software purchases made for it.
Google Stadia players can now use their fingers to pinch, swipe, and tap to control games on iPhone and iPad instead of relying on a virtual controller on-screen.
An explicitly confidential Google vision document reveals that the company had a plan to become "the world's largest game platform," which included distributing games on Mac.
The Google Stadia game streaming service has exited its experimental phase on iOS and is now a progressive web app within Safari.
Starting on Wednesday, "Cyberpunk 2077," "Destiny 2," and many other Stadia games are playable on the iPhone or iPad, as Google is launching an iOS-friendly version of its game-streaming service.
More than a year after launch, Google Stadia will come to iPhone and iPad by way of a web app built for mobile Safari.
An app that allowed iPhone and iPad users to access Google's Stadia streaming game service returned to the App Store on Friday after being pulled by Apple in October.
Apple is removing an app that allowed iPhone users to play Google Stadia streaming games in a specially designed web browser, according to the software's developer.
A member of the Google Stadia subreddit has created an iOS web browser that uses clever workarounds to allow users to play Stadia games on an iPhone.
Apple's policies have effectively spiked an entire category of gaming apps that are no different from a security, technical, or content review standpoint than controlling a Netflix movie with a game controller.
Google Stadia is giving users two free months of Stadia Pro, bringing big-name games to a wide variety of devices, including your TV and your Mac — but not to your iPhone.
Google made a number of other announcements at its event on Tuesday alongside the new Pixel 4 and the Pixel Buds, with the stage used to cover a new Nest Mini, the Pixelbook Go, Nest Wi-fi, and updates on the Stadia game-streaming service.
Google on Thursday revealed key details of its upcoming Stadia service, which will let people stream A-list games to the Mac without having to own a high-end console or PC.
Google on Tuesday revealed Stadia, a new cloud-based gaming platform able to stream high-end PC games to phones, tablets, computers, and TVs.
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