Chromie
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

And one more. I have a couple of controllers, both lightly used that I would like to continue using wirelessly!!

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mb555444
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Unlock! Unlock! Unlock! 

Please.

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Plymouthbiker
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I agree. GOOGLE do the right thing and save the planet from a load of useful controllers that could benefit by having the availability of Bluetooth for android, PC and Mac ect. At least you could also then profit from the pile of defunct controllers still in shops around the country. And it would be the decent thing to do. Also you'll at least keep a few people happy who already have a controller. It's a decently made controller. I just wish it was Bluetooth with my PC. 

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Perps
Founder
Founder

Another vote for keeping the controllers alive by converting them to Bluetooth. I have 3 controllers and would be disappointed in Google for forcing these into the ewaste system. I would even go as far to say they can keep my money that I spent on the controllers, if they work as bluetooth. In all reality they should keep the controller in there electronics store to sell as a stand alone Bluetooth device.

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nr2billlion
Community Member

I agree.  Unlock the controller.  Save these controllers from a Landfill.  PLZ ENABLE BLUETOOTH  @stadia 

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Pdr
Community Member

Unlock bluetooth functionality please.

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cosmograne
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Google, please, support our cause for enabling Bluetooth on Stadia Controller to prevent it from becoming electronic waste

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Kaittoo
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

There is no way to use a cable on a wall-mounted Andriod TV. Please enable Bluetooth to avoid extra e-waste.

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blub3k
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Please unlock. Avoid e-waste! 

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Ford
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

..it's not e-waste, it is real waste.

I am living in the EU and I am pretty sure, that there is a law against that kind of thing.

If google will not make this device usable for us and an extended lifetime, we should simply return it, demanding proper recycling and point the EU commision towards this.

Google will have to pay a multitude of money, just to handle the returns properly...fixing it will be much cheaper.

The new buzzword is ESG-reporting  and sustainability act.

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thepossibleE
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

if they could teach us how to unlock the functionality of the blue tooth feature I’m sure everyone would be grateful instead of this being a complete waste of beautiful technology..come on google I know ur better than that….:thinking_face:

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Rio425ee
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

You are dead wrong! Google is unequivocally NOT better than that.

Google is a company that is beyond incompetent, and beyond just blindly greedy and shortsighted. Stupidity is built into every structure the company is built on. the fact so many people are still coming to grips with this only now in 2022, despite the ample evidence does not bode well for our species

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mostar
Community Member

unlock Bluetooth please

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subXposed
Community Member

I support this pledge. Unlock the Bluetooth.

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jwhy89
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Unlock or release the source code!

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alyoshakaramazo
Community Member

word

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Bamnip
Community Member

It's not going to happen without this being a widely popular and public demand.

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FlickerFree
Community Member

Technically, this is no huge undergoing for the responsible developers. They could just release a free certificate to bypass the encryption for the communication with the controller and the community can develop applications themselves.

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Mafrans
Founder
Founder

The Stadia controller communication isn't at all encrypted, or at least not in any meaningful way from what I could tell when investigating, but the controller contacts the servers directly in order to pair itself and will totally refuse to send any input data unless it has first been paired. With the servers shutting down that means the wireless connection is basically useless.

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Rio425ee
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

...Which is why we want the Bluetooth to be unlocked for input instead of the wifi connection. So it can be used as a normal Bluetooth controller that doesn't need to connect to nonexistent servers.

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spino1970
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I think that unlock BT is also a "green" option for the company :slightly_smiling_face:

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Sir_Kamus
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Please Google, Unlock or release the source code. It's a great hardware, don't send it to hell.

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Kaittoo
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

IT happend there is a new Update for Controllers, over the stadia app.

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mb555444
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

What happened? I don't see it in the Stadia app.

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Rio425ee
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Not seeing anything, no official statement, no update in the app. Nothing.

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EdForceOne
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I'd love it if they did it, so I could extract more functionality out of my controller. But your snarky and childish attitude all over this thread almost makes me wish they didn't now. Grow up and behave like an adult, not everything you want gets given to you. 

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Rio425ee
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Cry harder. If me being snarky about a **bleep**ty company that continues to **bleep** it's users over time and time again offends you, then good, you deserve to have your delicate sensibilities offended. In the meantime make your own thread for apologists. That **bleep** is unwanted here.  

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jeff78
Community Member

We are 2 weeks from Stadia to close down. EVERY owner of a controller wants to be able to use the bluetooth function. Unlock it, now ! Before people start to put it in the trash !

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Philnwl
Community Member

Such a waste of good Hardware.

for gods sake Google unlock the controller so we can use it wirelessly !! 
Give  something back for the wasted £80

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macoud12
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Right now, the Stadia Controller will become useless wirelessly on January 19. For a lot of people, that basically makes it e-waste. The least you can do is open-source the firmware.

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