Google Stadia can now play games over 4G and 5G mobile data
Google Stadia launched last year as the company’s ambitious entry into the growing market of game streaming services. Understandably, Stadia was limited to Wi-Fi networks at launch. After all, streaming games from the cloud could rack up data usage quickly. If that doesn’t matter to you, it’s now possible to play games over 4G and 5G.
Streaming games over 4G and 5G comes to the platform via a Stadia Experiment that launches today. Users who wish to be able to play games on the go can opt-in to the Experiment in the settings of the Stadia app for Android. Tap your avatar in the top right corner, select Experiments, and then choose Use Mobile Data. 9to5Google estimates that Stadia consumes 2.7GB per hour, which suggests that the streaming quality is 360p.
Google didn’t reveal what the actual streaming quality will be, but we’d hope to see better than 360p on 5G. Carriers boast about all the amazing capabilities of 5G, but that doesn’t mean much is services are limiting streaming quality. This is just the beginning of mobile streaming for Stadia, though, so we’ll have to wait and see.
One side effect of playing games over 4G and 5G is you can’t use the Stadia Controller. The controller must be on the same Wi-Fi network as your phone, which obviously makes it impossible to use on the go. You’re stuck with the on-screen controls or a wired controller. The option is still rolling out to the Android app, so hand tight if you don’t see it yet.
Source: Stadia
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