One of the ways I connect to Stadia is via a Nvidia Shield TV device. Usually when I close Stadia on there the Stadia Controller immediately disconnects too. However today it didn't and I was able to use it to navigate around my Nvidia Shield menu. Does that mean Bluetooth support has been enabled for the controller now? Don't see how it would work otherwise.
@CloudSam That's definitely interesting. Were you only able to just navigate the menu, or were you able to do something else? What if you start one of non Stadia applications, are you still able to use the controller?
Yeah just opened Netflix with it and was able to scroll the timeline etc. Only issue is when it times out from non use the only way to reactivate it is back in Stadia.
Am currently using the Stadia controller to play Dragon Quest Builders 2 wirelessly on my Nvidia Shield TV via the xbox game pass app. Controller works flawlessly too.
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@CloudSam I guess the question is if you're actually using bluetooth to connect or somehow it's still connected through WiFi. Is there any setting you can check to confirm?
Tried disconnecting all Bluetooth devices and the controller still worked so I guess its possible it is just connected with WiFi but that is surprising for it to be able to use WiFi to interact with the Nvidia Shield TV stick. The good news I guess is it seems all the functionality is there for it to work with other devices wirelessly (or at least works with the Nvidia Shield TV) so just needs turning on.
Edit: It managed to reconnect that time after timing out. I just pushed the Stadia button and put in the code (had it memorized from earlier on today).
@CloudSam Yeah no clue what's going on, but I guess we can rule out bluetooth connection being enabled.