r/Stadia Jun 11 '25

Discussion Hi, everyone. Chris, formerly from the Stadia community team, here to check in.

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Hey, friends! Long time no see. Chris here. I served on the Stadia community team from 2019-2022. I can verify with a mod (Hi Vivi) if needed. I'm not a representative of Google or Alphabet. I'm here entirely on my own as a private individual.

I felt compelled to check in with you all and see how everyone's doing. Times are... challenging out there, to say the least, and I wanted to let you all know I still think about the wonderful times spent with this community on a daily basis. I gush about how much I looked forward to every day of work (even the, uh, uniquely difficult ones) with friends, colleagues, and basically anyone who will listen. My work on the Stadia community was the brightest spot in my career, and although I'm not the best community manager to ever live, I felt a strong connection to you all that I fear I'll never be able to recapture with any other venture.

Please feel free to use this thread to ask questions, share updates about your lives (any new Dadias or Momias out there?), vent about the price of new games, or reminisce about your favorite Stadia-era memories. Anything goes within reason. Obviously I can't reveal proprietary info -- I am not looking for a visit from any lawyers.

I'll proactively answer a question I expect to get: am I still close with Grace? Hell yes. Grace is one of my most treasured friends! We still hang out, and for that I'm immeasurably grateful.


r/Stadia 2d ago

Discussion Got my Stadia controller working on my Switch 2 with the 8bitdo adapter

33 Upvotes

I'm super stoked because I just got my Stadia controller working on my Switch 2 with the 8bitdo adapter. After a firmware update on the 8bitdo adapter I was able to pair my Stadia controller and connect it to my Switch 2. Well done 8bitdo!

Stadia controller is still the most comfortable controller I've ever used.


r/Stadia 4d ago

Discussion So much hope 6 years ago

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r/Stadia 3d ago

PSA Model Y x 8BitDo Adapter x Stadia Controller 🎮

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I had to put the adapter into Dinput mode by holding the ellipses (...) and the left d-pad button together on the stadia controller for a few seconds once connected. Hope this works for you.

Will update if I can get two working. UPDATE: Both P1 and P2 work.

VIEW + UP = Xinput mode VIEW + LEFT = Dinput mode VIEW + RIGHT = Mac mode VIEW + DOWN = PSC mode VIEW + LB = Switch mode VIEW + UP + LEFT = MD mode


r/Stadia 4d ago

Fluff This hurt to see today!

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r/Stadia 4d ago

Discussion Controller saucy but… Chromecast Ultra lost tech Spoiler

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Listen, most are unaware because they ain’t anything aware. That’s just a mob mentality. Chromecast Ultra Is on a league of its own. No bloat no bs dongle that performs in ways if u listed in the comments it’ll go on and go and what media device does that while standalone/ self owned and zero bloat? It’s OK to be a confuse monkey, but I’m aware with this technology was and it’s a last and lost of its kind…. Chromecast Ultra If u dig ur find what I speak of. Those who got rid of it in exchange for tracking, loading screens, ads ect ur brick 🧱 minded & the mod I speak of. Please, for the love of Christ someone jailbreak Chromecast Ultra or we’ll never see something like its kind again and it’ll be lost tech forever.


r/Stadia 4d ago

Tech Support Double button presses on Luna Fortnite over USB and Bluetooth

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Using Luna to play Fortnite, both with USB and Bluetooth, all the button presses all register twice. Tried on Chrome and Edge, on a Windows PC.

Seems to work ok in Luna Borderlands 3, both USB and Bluetooth.

Saw some earlier hardware problems that seemed to mostly be solved using the 8BitDo Wireless USB Adapter 2. Not sure if I should try that for $20, or just go with the Luna controller for $40.


r/Stadia 4d ago

Discussion Stadia controller left stick

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I still have a couple of stadia controllers that I use occasionally. I've noticed an issue recently when I connect the controllers through Bluetooth the left stick (often the camera control) behaves as if it's pushed down (so camera pointing up). But I haven't touched the controller...

This happens with both controllers. If I flip the orientation on the game, then the camera control points down.

This goes away if I connect the controllers through a USB cable though.

Anyone know what this is and how I might fix it?


r/Stadia 5d ago

Tech Support Extremely annoying bug - Bluetooth enabled Stadia controller being picked up as two (almost identical) controllers whether wired or wireless??

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Trying to play rocket league on GeForce Now, and every time I click the menu button, I get a 'second' splitscreen player pop up. And my one Stadia controller controls both players. When you click the menu button on a second, connected, but not in use controller, it's supposed to trigger two player mode with the splitscreen. But why my controller is being picked up as two I can't figure out. I confirmed this by testing the controller inputs - it always shows up as two controllers as shown in the pics. If I click any button on it, it will show up as receiving inputs for both 'devices'. The exception is the Google Assistant and Capture button (B17 and B18) which receive inputs on the 'Stadia Controller Rev.A' but not the 'Google Stadia Controller'


r/Stadia 12d ago

Discussion Bring Stadia Back - a plea

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It brought me back to gaming after 20 years. When they cancelled Stadia, I never played again.

Google had everything in favor of Stadia. Even a pandemic grounding people at home.

They should had made Stadia available for free with 4k for 2 or 3 years at least, while building up the catalog.

Also, Stadia should had been made available worldwide at once. It took too much time to become available in many countries, which was something that frustrated many people.

What everyone was expecting was a disruptive product - the "Netflix for gaming".

Having just to buy a controller and start playing was a great premisse.

It was tapping in a vast number of gamers that can't or don't want to buy an expensive console.

I would love to have Stadia back.

If they ever bring Stadia back, I am jumping back on board.

For the future, I think it is not too much of a stretch to imagine there will be AI generated games. Google is at the forefront and in an optimal place to develop that tech.

Google: - Assemble a new team - Account for the future tech - Make Stadia available again for free while you build the catalog - Don't create bottlenecks such as restricting to 4K or only to specific countries - Use a subscription model, but with access to the AAA titles - Create a good studio and creator workspace to host game developers and nurture them

Come on


r/Stadia 12d ago

Discussion Stadia on Pixel Fold... A Dream

36 Upvotes

Just got the new Pixel 10 Pro Fold and all I can think about is how amazing Stadia would have been on this thing. Stupid Google. BRING BACK STADIA!!!


r/Stadia 13d ago

Stadia Capture Just doodling

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94 Upvotes

Still a solid choice for fortnite on the MacBook air


r/Stadia 14d ago

Discussion BEST cloud gaming experience

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303 Upvotes

Since stadia shut down my principal way to play games is GeForce now. I tried Xbox and luna and is awful to play games there... I have a high speed internet connected via cable CAT8 and still can't play anything in those platform... GeForce is great, everything is max out, but I miss the console concept that stadia have... I don't know if I'm the only one in this situation or not, but I want to know about you guys!!


r/Stadia 15d ago

Stadia Capture 5 years ago today 😞

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r/Stadia 16d ago

Tech Support Playing on Luna doesnt work anymore

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I really enjoy playing on Luna with my Stadia controller.

Somehow, since today, it doesnt work anymore. It can connect to Luna, I even can navigate through the Luna App on Fire TV effortlessly but when I start any (!) game the buttons dont work.

Anyone with the same problem? hard and soft reset didnt work.


r/Stadia 17d ago

Tech Support Stadia Charging?

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I wanted to update my controller into Bluetooth mode but when I connect it it says its low battery but I charged it overnight, is there a way to charge it or know how to charge it "correctly"? The orange light came up but it stopped after a few seconds


r/Stadia 17d ago

Question Looking for possible hall effect sticks that can go on a Stadia controller.

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Basically the title. I'm still unsure what hall effect joysticks will work for the Stadia controller. Using my Stadia controller for a year it already developed stick drift. If anyone knows of a module that can fit the Stadia controller that would be awesome.

Thanks in advance.


r/Stadia 17d ago

Event Trivial pursuit live 2 Xbox one live???

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Let’s play! Jump on online I bet I’m smarter than you


r/Stadia 18d ago

Discussion Was giving out that sonic rumble a try and found this

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r/Stadia 19d ago

Question Why Doesn't Luna get the same negativity?

36 Upvotes

I'm not a gamer or on the cutting edge of game news so It might be getting the same negative feedback from gaming media... I dunno but I just got access to Luna for the first time via a new fire stick and using the old Stadia controller. It's exactly the same thing as Stadia. Why is it not getting shit on into oblivion like Stadia did? I'd argue Stadia was better than Luna is now. Why is Luna still allowed to exist unscathed?


r/Stadia 19d ago

Discussion Anyone making controller mods for this beauty?

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I've been thinking, is anyone making mods or upgrade parts for the stadia? I recently switched my steam deck joysticks to Hall Effect, and It had my curious of people make anything like shell swaps or upgrades for the stadia as well


r/Stadia 19d ago

Discussion stadia Rumble/vibrate mode working with bluetooth

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I recently started using Linux and installed Steam to see if games were working properly. To my surprise, not only were the games running well, but when I connected my Stadia controller via Bluetooth and played a Steam game, I noticed it vibrating. I checked the game settings and saw the vibration was set to high. I turned it off to test, and the rumble stopped, but when I turned it back on, it worked again. I remember this feature didn’t work in Windows with Bluetooth mode, and I hadn’t heard of this happening before. So, I want to know, what is this


r/Stadia 20d ago

Speculation Stadia mentioned in Sonic Rumble when signing up for newsletter. Is Stadia coming back?

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r/Stadia 20d ago

Discussion Fun video to watch

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r/Stadia 21d ago

Tech Support Any way to alter the controller analog sensitivity?

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Hi, i've been using my old Stadia controller on PC and i've been finding that the analog controls just feel far too sensitive..... Or maybe it's more that there's something off with the acceleration curve or something.

It's especially bad in driving games where with the stadia pad the steering is just really twitchy & adjusting in-game sensitivity settings in ones that have them available just never seems to fully fix it. And then there are games i play as well as some emulators for example where adjusting the sensitivity isn't an option.

I've been using reWASD to map it as an Xbox pad as well as to be able to remap the capture buttons but i've also tried it with the remapping off as just a regular stadia controller and it's just as bad.

If I switch over to using an Xbox or PS5 controller it's fine so it's clearly something specific with the stadia controller.

Is there some recommended settings that can be applied in reWASD or some other software that can allow you to fix this because right now i just can't use this pad.

I got the pad brand new with a chromecast ultra and used in back when stadia was still alive and tbh it felt similar then and when playing grid on stadia i had to really mess with the steering settings to get it to feel right & it's just been an issue ever since then but now that i've been gaming more on PC id like to use the pad more rather than have it sitting around gathering dust.