Probably to lock you in to Stadia, Bluetooth on it was locked and wouldn’t allow for it to be used as a generic Bluetooth controller with your Android phone or other gaming setup.

After refunding every game purchase made on the service, Google is now responding to calls to open up the service's controller so that it can function as a generic Bluetooth device after Stadia dies.

However, the controllers aren't useful without Stadia, so Google released a tool to convert them into generic gamepads. There's a deadline to convert yours, though. Here's how to do so, and what ...

The PS5 controller doesn't just work with the PS4, so you must pick up a Bluetooth adapter. This will usually come in the form of a USB device which needs to be plugged into the PS4. The adapter ...

The PlayStation 5’s controller works as a generic wireless Bluetooth controller in Windows, but you’ll have to connect it over USB for the best experience (we tested USB C-to-C and C-to-A ...

Yet as [Gary] found out, all this website does is flash a firmware file via WebUSB and WebHID over the original Stadia firmware with a generic Bluetooth controller firmware image.

Stadia controllers can be converted to generic Bluetooth devices for one more year The only surviving part of the now-failed cloud gaming service will not die an early death By Alfonso Maruccia ...

In a Bluetooth menu, the controller shows up with a name along the lines of “StadiaXXXX-00xx” which is helpful if you’re pairing more than one controller to your device.

Simply connect the wired or Bluetooth controller to your PC. We recommend using the built in configuration button on the Xbox controller. That said, you may have your personal preferences which you ...

Google will offer a firmware update tool that allows the Stadia controller to connect over Bluetooth instead of Wi-Fi. By Michael Crider Staff Writer, PCWorld Jan 17, 2023 6:08 am PST ...