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From the beginning, Google Stadia and YouTube were supposed to work together: thanks to the magic of cloud computing, you could click on a YouTube ad to start playing a game instantly, YouTubers could instantly invite your viewers to join their game and, perhaps most importantly, creators could instantly and effortlessly stream their Stadia games to YouTube with the push of a button on the controller.
None of those things happened at Stadia’s launch last November, but the biggest one is apparently coming tomorrow: All Stadia users will be able to stream live directly to YouTube starting tomorrow, a representative confirms to The Verge.
This afternoon, 9to5Google We noticed the feature seemed to be rolling out, and we also saw the ability to link a YouTube account on our Stadia accounts, though not the ability to actually stream yet. I guess we’ll try tomorrow.
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According to 9to5Google, you will still have to give your stream a title and adjust some settings, such as whether your stream is kid-friendly (to comply with child protection rules). It’s also unclear if it will still be able to stream in 4K, as Stadia originally promised. You will also likely need a $ 9.99 a month Stadia Pro subscription for that, as you do for 4K gaming.
The feature couldn’t come at a more important time for Stadia – the service’s biggest game yet, Cyberpunk 2077, comes this week, at a time when next-gen consoles and the latest graphics cards to build your own powerful PC are incredibly difficult and expensive to buy. It’s the biggest test for Stadia yet, and one the company is betting on: buying Cyberpunk on the service comes with a full set of Stadia hardware free for a limited time, not unlike the set it gave free to YouTube Premium subscribers.
People streaming Cyberpunk 2077 from Stadia to YouTube could be the biggest opportunity yet for Google to show what its service can do.
