Going beyond hardware and software refunds, Google even managed to open up its controller so that it could be used on other platforms. Now, as we head into the final stretch where users can unlock ...

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, ...

December 31st, 2025 is the deadline to save the Google Stadia controller. That’s less than three weeks from today — but there ...

The final firmware update for the ill-fated Stadia controller is only available until the end of the year. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

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 ...

We gave everyone a gentle nudge at the start of December to remind them that the clock on the Bluetooth upgrade option for the Stadia controller was ticking down: Google had given Stadia owners until ...

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 ability to switch Google Stadia controllers from Stadia Wi-Fi mode to Bluetooth mode, allowing them to connect with other devices such as Windows 10, 11, and MacOS 13 PCs with ...

Google is giving its Stadia Controllers a reprieve from becoming e-waste by extending the deadline for the ability to switch it to Bluetooth mode. The new deadline for owners of the controller is now ...

The Google Stadia Controller was pretty much the only piece of consumer hardware that came from the company’s cloud gaming project, but it would have been useless without the platform to go with it.