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EOD
Founder
Founder

STADIUM APP ON IOS - WORKS WITH STADIA

Hey, sorry if I missed a question like this but since the Stadium browser app is letting people play Stadia on IOS, why can't there be an official Stadia app that does the same?

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nilonaut
Founder
Founder

Because Apple doesn't allow any game streaming services on its app store.

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EOD
Founder
Founder

There is now an app that plays stadia on IOS. It’s called Stadium and it’s some kind of different browser. You just go to the stadia website and it works. 

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Hendrik
Founder
Founder

Exactly this is the point. With a WebApp you don't need to have a App in the AppStore.

This is what Stadium uses. It is a clever workaround.

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BrotherKaif
Founder
Founder

This is a great proof of concept to show how to work around Apple's restrictions and allow iOS users to access Stadia. However, it would be really great if the Stadia team were able to get this working themselves so that people didn't have to rely on a third-party app to use this workaround. (I'm sure there's some legal checks they need to do beforehand to ensure they're not violating Apple's terms somewhere which may be causing a delay on this.)

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TheSheikh
Founder
Founder

Stadium is basically Safari in a wrapper tricking Stadia into thinking it’s running Chrome. Every browser app on iOS can only run SafariKit, so even chrome on iOS is Safari. All it proves is that Stadia can work with Safari. Once Google optimises Stadia for Safari, we’ll just be able to go to the Stadia website, or have the stadia app open games through Safari. The reason Stadium is allowed is because it is just a web browser app that happens to let Stadia work. If Google were to allow streaming in their app, then it would violate Apple’s dumb App Store guidelines. It looks as if, for now if Apple doesn’t change its ways, Stadia will only be able to stream games to iOS devices through Safari (or any other iOS browser). Unless Google made the Stadia app kind of bloated and also include a full-fledged web browser in their app to skirt around their restrictions, there’s no way the app will be allowed to stream games according to Apple. That’s not going to happen though as it would probably make the app a lot more heavy then they want. 

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GraceFromGoogle
Community Member

Hey everyone, friendly reminder that this is not a Founders-specific support forum and all support inquiries (including specific feature requests) should be directed towards the main forum. I'll be moving this post out of the Founders Hub to give all Stadia Community members the opportunity to chime in.

Thanks for understanding!

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