Google Stadia will shut down in a matter of days, however there would possibly nonetheless be time for the Stadia gamepad to hop right into a lifeboat and drift off into the sundown.
At first of the weekend, Google defined it will likely be releasing a self-serve device later this week that can allow Bluetooth connections on Stadia gamepads.
The announcement, shared on Twitter, signifies that gamers who’ve been asking Stadia to make sure the pad can survive the streaming providers’ impending shutdown may have their want granted.
Certainly, in September final 12 months we reported {that a} rising variety of Stadia homeowners had began petitioning Google to make sure the controller can reside on.
On the time, quite a few Stadia homeowners praised the design of the controller however famous that with out intervention from Google it risked rapidly turn into a relic, largely as a result of the pad cannot at present be used wirelessly with out Stadia itself or suitable Chromecast {hardware}.
What’s extra, Google has pledged to refund Stadia {hardware} bought via its official retailer, however the firm hasn’t requested for that {hardware} to be returned so as to declare a refund. Which means there’ll doubtless be a bunch of Stadia gamepads left in wild after the service has been laid to relaxation.
Some customers had served up numerous home-brew options that could possibly be used to increase the lifetime of the controller, however others known as on Google to offer an official answer. Now, it appears the corporate intends to do exactly that.
