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Google Stadia | Controller
Hurry and Switch Your Google Stadia Controller to Bluetooth Mode…
Before it’s too late
Update (January 6th, 2024): Google Stadia has silently extended the deadline to switch your Google Stadia controller from Wi-Fi only to Bluetooth mode to December 31st, 2024.
It looks like my grace period and doomsday button negligence theories were slightly off, but it was fun to speculate.
The original story follows below.
The deadline was December 31st, 2023, but the webpage to perform this update is still active at the time of writing.
I performed the update to my controller yesterday, January 2nd, with no issues, but you better hurry because there’s no telling when Google will finally pull the plug.
There may be a grace period, or maybe somebody at Google neglected to push the doomsday button. Either way, if you have a Stadia controller and haven’t switched to Bluetooth mode, you better act fast.
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