Stadia Bluetooth Mode

#1

Post by kyrra » Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 7:07 PM UTC

Re: Stadia Bluetooth Mode

#2

Post by willio58 » Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 7:47 PM UTC

Google has become impressively good at killing their own products. It's just unfortunate they can't support things enough to get them off the ground in the first place.

Re: Stadia Bluetooth Mode

#3

Post by rew0rk » Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 7:47 PM UTC

> Available until December 31, 2023

Meaning that controllers that have the old firmware will be unable to switch after that date? This seems like a weird restriction to have if this is a firmware update?

Re: Stadia Bluetooth Mode

#4

Post by bluSCALE4 » Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 7:49 PM UTC

rew0rk wrote: post #3

> Available until December 31, 2023 Meaning that controllers that have the old firmware will be unable to switch after that date? This seems like a weird restriction to have if this is a firmware update?

Google must kill everything. EVERYTHING.

Re: Stadia Bluetooth Mode

#5

Post by mewse-hn » Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 7:49 PM UTC

rew0rk wrote: post #3

> Available until December 31, 2023 Meaning that controllers that have the old firmware will be unable to switch after that date? This seems like a weird restriction to have if this is a firmware update?

It's all part of the gamepads-as-a-service business plan :P

Re: Stadia Bluetooth Mode

#6

Post by skybrian » Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 7:50 PM UTC

willio58 wrote: post #2

Google has become impressively good at killing their own products. It's just unfortunate they can't support things enough to get them off the ground in the first place.

I don’t think it’s all on Google. The customers get a say too. Most gamers said no, so the product failed.

Re: Stadia Bluetooth Mode

#7

Post by y-curious » Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 7:52 PM UTC

This is really, really good of them. They could have just made this into more e-waste.

Re: Stadia Bluetooth Mode

#8

Post by AlexandrB » Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 7:54 PM UTC

Credit to Google, they didn't have to do this. Especially after issuing refunds for hardware already.

Re: Stadia Bluetooth Mode

#9

Post by lxgr » Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 7:55 PM UTC

rew0rk wrote: post #3

> Available until December 31, 2023 Meaning that controllers that have the old firmware will be unable to switch after that date? This seems like a weird restriction to have if this is a firmware update?

Maybe a code signing certificate (or some boot ticket signing backend) for the firmware will expire at that date?

Re: Stadia Bluetooth Mode

#10

Post by andrewia » Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 7:57 PM UTC

rew0rk wrote: post #3

> Available until December 31, 2023 Meaning that controllers that have the old firmware will be unable to switch after that date? This seems like a weird restriction to have if this is a firmware update?

I assume it requires something hosted, and can't be open sourced due to licensing restrictions*. Hopefully it can be reverse engineered.

*I've heard from firmware engineers inside and outside of Google that licensing is the biggest reason why stuff isn't open sourced.