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The Stadia controller conversion tool was Google’s way of letting customers who purchased the controller avoid its obsolescence. The controller was meant to be for the sole purpose of playing games on ...

Google has officially shut down the Stadia controller conversion tool that many were able to use to turn their useless Stadia controller into a standard Bluetooth controller for other platforms. The ...

I am an author and features writer at Android Police. I primarily writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest smartphone apps and features for Android Police since joining the team in early ...

Google has extended the time limit you have to convert a Google Stadia controller to Bluetooth. You now have until December 31, 2025, representing an extension of one year. It might come to pass that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Little by little, Google has opened Stadia up, and now Stadia has come to virtually all Android phones. You don't even need a controller to play, provided you don't mind buttons all over your screen.