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After a rather hectic and somewhat dramatic first few weeks, some have criticized that Google’s game streaming service has slowed down and stagnated. Fortunately for Pro subscribers, Stadia has accelerated the pace once again, just in time for new COVID-19 home lifestyles. Now Stadia is recapitulating everything that was added to the platform in April, including compatibility with more Android phones and more functionality when using mobile devices.
Stadia intends to remove the pitfalls of running resource-consuming triple A titles to allow gamers to play their favorite PC titles on any device, including Android phones. In practice, however, support for those devices, specifically mobile phones, has been too slow for some Android users. In particular, it seemed to favor Samsung’s Galaxy flagships outside of Google’s own pixels.
Fortunately for Android users, Stadia has just added OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro to that list of supported phones. This is significant because, despite this year’s highest price tags, these two are still relatively the most affordable on that short list.
The latest version of Stadia also finally allows players to take screenshots or record video clips simply by pressing the dedicated capture button on the Stadia controller. Of course, that assumes you have the controller first. In addition to notifications about the quality of your internet connection, they round out Stadia’s new features for Android phones.
April has also seen other new features added to Stadia but, unsurprisingly, many of them focus on the web experience. These included the addition of the promised 5.1 surround sound support, at least for Pro subscribers, and the somewhat ironic on-screen keyboard when using a controller instead of a keyboard and mouse. There’s also a new Click to Play feature that lets you instantly jump into a PUBG game by simply clicking on a web link.
