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TwinkleStar
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Connecting stadia controller to phone's wifi hotspot.

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It is not possible to connect a stadia controller to a chromebook which is connected to my phone's wifi hotspot. Because I cannot use the phone to connect the controller to its own wifi hotspot via the app. Because the app only allows to connect the controller of the wifi is enabled. And the stadia controller only allows me to connect it to a wifi via a phone. There is no stadia app for the chromebook unfortunately, so that's partly also why it is not possible to connect the stadia controller to a phones wifi hotspot via a chromebook. As the web version is the only accesible version on the chromebook and it doesn't allow a feature to connect the stadia controlller to its connected wifi. 
Would be nice to be able to connect my stadia controller to my phones wifi hotspot. So I can simply play on my chromebook. I sent it as a feedback too. 

Currently it would require two phones to accomplish this. One phone for wifi hotspot. And another phone to connect the stadia controller to that Phones wifi hotspot. I don't think I ever will use two phones. But to be able to play on a chromebook via 4g or 5g cellular, it is almost necessery to use two phones. In the current version and capability of stadia as far as I know or am aware of. If you know it is possible, I would like to know.

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codesplice
Gold Stadia Guide
Gold Stadia Guide

Hi @TwinkleStar,

I believe I ran into similar struggles when trying to connect the Stadia controller to my phone's WiFi hotspot as well. My workaround was to just connect the controller to my phone or Chromebook with a USB-C cable and play that way. 

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codesplice
Gold Stadia Guide
Gold Stadia Guide

Hi @TwinkleStar,

I believe I ran into similar struggles when trying to connect the Stadia controller to my phone's WiFi hotspot as well. My workaround was to just connect the controller to my phone or Chromebook with a USB-C cable and play that way. 

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Barker20
Community Member

So I'm trying to connect my controller to my tablet via my phone hotspot and it's not working what do you think I should do to get it to work 

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JamesFromGoogle
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hello @Barker20,
Just wanted to pop in and point out that this is an old topic, so you'd get better visibility if you created a new post. With that said, we will be closing this conversation now. If you do have any follow up questions or still need help, our community looks forward to assisting you if you decide to reach back out.

Thank you,
James

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