With Stadia’s demise only days away, Google confirmed that it will push out Bluetooth support for Stadia Controllers. The revelation that Stadia will be shutting down surprised early investors who Google had assured that the cloud gaming service would not be discontinued. Google, at the very least, is refunding all Stadia purchases. It is also adding Bluetooth connectivity to its controllers, allowing them to be used after Stadia has ended.
Google Stadia will be closing down in September 2022, according to the release. Google announced that Google Stadia servers will stay operational until January 18, 2023, after which time games bought on Google Stadia would no longer be accessible. Beginning in November, Google started issuing refunds for Stadia Store sales of games and hardware. Users would not be required to return hardware purchases.
