About needing a phone to activate?
Well, I meant, specifically that you need not just an Android phone, but a Pixel one, because that's what I'm hearing today.
Needing a phone to activate--even if it's not a Pixel--is still BS.
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About needing a phone to activate?
Well, I stand corrected. I assume it's "supposed" to work via Chrome. Probably launch glitchiness. Either way, I don't really care. I don't think Stadia is going anywhere, especially when you can only activate your account via Pixel. :-O
Well, I stand corrected. I assume it's "supposed" to work via Chrome. Probably launch glitchiness. Either way, I don't really care. I don't think Stadia is going anywhere, especially when you can only activate your account via Pixel. :-O
Tech Jesus said you must use a phone--Chrome and a Chromecast are out.
Just for the heck of it I checked the Google Play Store on my Galaxy S9 and it doesn't say the Stadia app won't work on my phone, so maybe it's not 100% just Pixels.
Once they get they latency issues sorted it will end up being the industry standard. With Steam getting onboard, streaming games will eventually be the norm. If you have data caps then it sucks for you.Really hoping this entire streaming thing ends up near DOA.
Once they get they latency issues sorted it will end up being the industry standard. With Steam getting onboard, streaming games will eventually be the norm. If you have data caps then it sucks for you.
They tear Google more new holes
Also, the moment Stadia shuts down and people the bought into it lose access to every single game they purchased the shit is going to hit the fan.
The Chromecast Ultra is not required, but it is part of the Premiere Edition you pay $130 for. Right now it's required for Pro "4K" streaming, but supposedly that is changing next year when the standard option is rolled out.Whats with all the chromecast being required? I thought this was some stand-alone hardware for $130?
It's also currently required for 5.1 audio.
And it's a general company shitshow that it was known since at least March that they had overheat related shutdowns and they didn't bother to fix the thermal design in time for the Stadia release.
Heck even w/o stadia how can anyone accept a streaming device that overheats in around 2h of use.
BTW if people hasn't seen this : the chromecast ultras that are needed for this seem to overheat kinda easy if you use them for a bit over 2h.
You can check out reddit for user reports about how "fun" it was to get their destiny 2 raid interrupted due to it shutting down and being too hot to handle.
This one is an unacceptable thing honestly, did they really not test the thermals of the design for their glorified streaming stick?
Edit : btw I have actually found reports of them overheating since this years start, so it is a known issue prior to stadia and it wasn't fix... What a shit show.
Something tells me you won't objectively find it as totally horrible as the FUD vaginas are trying to make it out. Happy to be wrong.
I saw some people got it working in Linux (not completely, but sort of) so that would be an awesome option if/when Google supports that natively.
this statement is all wrong.Google states they tested the hell out of it and it isn't so. google would NEVER lie.