After US tech giant Google recently announced that it would be discontinuing its Stadia service, there has been speculation about the future of its controller that was tied to the service. According to GSM Arena, a tech news publication, the company has already announced that it will release a self-service tool that will allow customers to enable Bluetooth on the Stadia controller.
This was a passive feature of the controller that was disabled in the firmware. Once activated, the Stadia controller can be used as a standard Bluetooth controller with other devices. That’s something that can’t be done right now, as the Stadia controller is designed to connect and work directly with Stadia’s cloud service, GSM Arena reported.
The update should allow Stadia customers to continue using the controller with other devices, rather than rendering it useless after January 18, which is the date given by Google. Google also released one final game, “Worm Game,” for Stadia players before the service shuts down next Wednesday. This was a game that had been used internally for years and was used by the team to test Stadia features.
It’s an intentionally no-frills, minimal title that probably would never have seen the light of day had the service not been shut down. In a way, it’s a cool easter egg to experience the game that was used to test and build the service, according to GSM Arena. (ANI)
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