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Google Stadia could finally get this much-needed new characteristic

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It'southward fair to say that Google Stadia has endured a rocky beginning, but information technology looks similar Google is removing ane of the game streaming service's stumbling blocks with the latest version of the app.

9to5Google has decompiled the latest version of the Stadia app (3.xv) and discovered an experimental feature called "bridge fashion." This will allow members to sidestep the official Stadia controller in two ways when playing on Idiot box: either by using a phone's touchscreen to control the activeness or by connecting another gamepad to the handset and using that.

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The site isn't clear equally to whether the latter will require a wired connectedness, but people looking for the best experience would be better off using a cablevision anyhow: connecting via Bluetooth would add another layer of latency every bit signals bounce from pad to phone to Chromecast.

This feels like an important footstep. Currently, the just fashion to officially play Stadia on your Television set is to apply the terminal-generation Chromecast Ultra ($70) and official Stadia gamepad ($69) because, bafflingly, Google hasn't yet brought support to the latest $50 Chromecast with Google Television receiver.

Notwithstanding, this update should mean that you can play Stadia non but on the latest iteration of the hardware, but potentially on older versions, besides. It also ways that anybody with a Chromecast Ultra lying around can requite Stadia a go, without having to purchase a gamepad, which is one less bulwark to entry.

 Non enough?

That said, at that place's however a feeling of 'too little, too belatedly' almost this. In that location are plenty of reasons to doubtable that Google'southward collective centre just isn't in Stadia whatever more, from the lack of support in the latest Chromecast hardware to the shuttering of its two outset-political party game studios earlier this year.

While Google has put a brave face up on things, promising over 100 games in 2021, a critical glance through the list of revealed titles doesn't exactly inspire confidence. Yep, there are exceptions — both Resident Evil Village and Cyberpunk 2077 are available to Stadia members — but for the most role, it lacks the triple-A library of a dedicated panel or gaming PC.

And with GeForce Now and Xbox Game Laissez passer Streaming providing serious opposition with a clear commitment to long-term support, you lot'd be a dauntless person to take out a Stadia subscription in 2021, even with this very welcome news.

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Freelance correspondent Alan has been writing nigh tech for over a decade, covering phones, drones and everything in betwixt. Previously Deputy Editor of tech site Alphr, his words are found all over the web and in the occasional magazine too. When not weighing up the pros and cons of the latest smartwatch, y'all'll probably observe him tackling his e'er-growing games backlog. Or, more likely, playing Spelunky for the millionth time.

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