While Google Stadia hasn’t quite delivered on all of its original promises, Google has been slowly improving on the service. With a recent update, Google Stadia owners can now access the service via cellular data. As long as you have either a 4G/5G connection, you’ll be able to take Stadia for some outside gaming.
To do so, you’ll have to opt-in by opening the Stadia app on an Android phone.
Try games on Stadia using 4G and 5G with a new Stadia Experiment launching July 28. If you’d like to be part of this Experiment, you can opt in to cellular play by opening the Stadia app on an Android phone, clicking on your avatar in the top right corner, selecting Experiments, and then choosing Use Mobile Data. We’ll have more opt-in programs in the future as we bring even more helpful features to Stadia.
Sadly, Stadia is still not available for iOS devices, so iPhone users will have to wait for the eventual iOS app.
While many gamers consider Google Stadia a streaming service they want to stay far away from, it is at least interesting to see that Google hasn’t thrown in the towel just yet. Not to mention that Xbox’s game streaming service, Project xCloud, has captured the favor of gamers who don’t want to be tethered to a console due to the number of games available. At that same time, while considered a beta, Xbox’s service seems to be more mature than Google’s offering.
To Google’s credit, Stadia’s library has grown and will continue to do so in the upcoming months. Titles such as Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Orcs Must Die!, Serious Sam 4, DIRT5, Outriders, and Strange Brigade are just several games that are headed to the service. While these games are already available on other platforms, it does show that they’re still improving the Stadia.
If you’re not convinced of Stadia, you can check out a free trial by going here. As for myself, my original opinion has changed, just based on what Google has done in the past few months. Even still, I don’t think it’s ready to replace a gaming console, it still needs exclusives to entice gamers and that is the Achilles heel for Google. It’s more like baby steps, but it simply may not be enough. Only time will tell, and Google may run out of that sooner than they expect.
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