As Stadia shuts down in January, fans of the service are finding new ways to use the branded controller. It can be used with PC, Mac and smartphones via wired connection, wireless connection via Bluetooth is Stadia platform only. That hasn’t stopped fans devising workarounds for using it wirelessly.
Google (quite expectedly and naturally) closes Stadia – the cloud gaming service will stop working on January 18, 2023
One method involves using an Android device as a transmitter. Last year, video blogger LateStageTech demonstrated how his Wiredless Pro app allows users to connect wired controllers to an Android device, which then wirelessly sends a signal to a PC.
Then, in October of this year, Benjaninja demonstrated that this method worked with Stadia controllers, albeit with caveats – none of the trigger buttons were recognized in the demo. This requires a physical connection of the controller to the Android device, which, strictly speaking, is no longer a completely wireless option.
Another method was proposed by engineer Part Shah, although it is only available on PC and requires a little more effort to implement. You need to install Python 3 on your PC and have downloaded version 1.2.0 of Shah’s software from GitHub. Then you need to download the ZIP file and run it as server.exe. A Stadia icon will appear on the PC taskbar, directing you to a URL that you need to enter in the browser on the Android device connected to the Stadia controller. This method also requires a wired connection, but in this case, all buttons work.
Stadia users have asked Google to open up the Stadia controller’s Bluetooth capabilities to make it easier to connect to third-party devices. Google has heard these requests and is investigating the possibility of an appropriate firmware update. At the moment, wired connection is still the only simple and universal method.
Source: The Verge
