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DeeKay_
Founder
Founder

Stadia on OSX Safari

Availability on iOS Safari is great news!

Any update on when Stadia will be coming to OSX Safari?

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RXShorty
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

I think that really depends on some features that are supported by the Safari browser.

For example VP9 support and such.

I don't own a Mac so I am not able to test it but did you try playing Stadia with it?

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JohnZoidberg
Gold Stadia Guide
Gold Stadia Guide

I just gave this a try on the one mac I have that is most likely to support this (a Macbook Pro running the latest version of macOS Big Sur, which should support both VP9 decoding and, more importantly, streaming via the QUIC protocol via WebRTC). It didn't work in Safari (but it does in Chrome, on various versions of macOS). That may simply be Google not whitelisting that user agent, or there may be some issue on that platform that hasn't been resolved yet. I didn't try using the developer tools to "lie" about the user agent to see if that would work, but that's not something I would recommend in general anyway.

Given how easy it is to install Chrome on macOS, this doesn't seem like an issue Google will prioritize any time soon. But, if someone feels strongly that they'd like to see it, I would suggest they submit feedback to Google through the app requesting this.

Why not Zoidberg?
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SeafaringPanda
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I hope it is soon.  I just cancelled my stadia Pro due to no Safari support and switching away from Windows to Mac M1 computers.  Not a big fan of Chrome, and Safari is so tightly integrated into the ecosystem that I'd rather just use that without Stadia and wait for Google to get it together.

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RXShorty
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

Hi @SeafaringPanda,

Don't think this is a thing that should be supported anytime soon but I could be wrong.
Best thing you can do is send feedback to the Stadia team using the feedback option within the app or stadia.com. :smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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