Google Stadia controller now works wirelessly on PC

The command of Google Stadia you can connect wireless on PC. Users of the cloud gaming service who use it from Google Chrome On their desktop or laptop computers, they had to connect the Stadia Controller (or any other controller) to the device via a USB cable. Change comes five months after the premiere of the service last November.

When the Stadia Controller was announced, Google cited among its advantages the fact that will connect directly to your servers, and not to the device from which the player was seeing

the videogame. That, according to the company, allows to reduce the input lag– Player actions go directly into the game, bypassing other hardware.

"From this week you can now use the Stadia Controller to play wirelessly on your laptop and desktop," they announced from the Google Stadia blog on May 5. "You no longer need to physically connect your Stadia Controllar to your computer to play your favorite titles. You can link your Stadia Controller and Stadia.com through your Wi-Fi network and play without a USB-C cable connection."

Until now, the Stadia controller was only wirelessly compatible with Chromecast Ultra devices and phones Android phones natively compatible with Stadia

. You can now link to any Chorme browser by following the steps from the official website: just enter Stadia, click on the remote control icon, press the Stadia button on the remote control, and enter the code that appears on the screen.

The remote, also wirelessly from Chrome on Android phones and tablets

Not all Android phones are compatible with Stadia at the moment (although it is the goal), but some users have been able to start the service from Chrome mobile and tablet browser

. Using it like this you can also use the Stadia Controller wirelessly; Until now they had to connect it to the USB port of the device.