I' not a professional software developer or network engineer but I have a basic, yet above-average, knowledge on some of those things and I can already easily identify few things that Google could do...
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I' not a professional software developer or network engineer but I have a basic, yet above-average, knowledge on some of those things and I can already easily identify few things that Google could do to improve the experience with their app. I know very very well that if they wanted to, it would take them less than 1 hour to implement some basic features to Stadia app so Founders and Premieres can get some benefit of supporting the platform other than "You can play now other than in 2020". There has been a lot of criticism towards Stadia not only due to the terrible way Google handles the communication. Phil, GraceFromGoogle, People handling Stadia Twitter account...nobody is exempted from causing it, thus leading to false expectations. But let's put the communication mess aside. What really worries me is the fact that Stadia's team don't seem really to be listening to our feedback, they rather just pay attention to the noise we generate to calm us down with pre-defined ad polite but vague sentences. Again, from the top of my head, there are at least 2 very basic features that we could have on Stadia android app within 1 hour if Google wanted to. It honestly piss me off that I can play on my Android phone to other Stadia cloud competitors (which beta service is still free) but I can't with Stadia despite it's an app from the same company who owns Android. I find it completely stupid to be able to see my Stadia screenshots on the phone, but I can't share them when I know it takes less than 1 hour to implement a share button! I can't get my head around Google having so many messaging apps but not enabling a messaging feature in Stadia so we can chat with our Stadia friends. Those type of thinks make me think? Does Google really listen for feedback? I can't avoid to make a direct comparison between Stadia communication quality & how keen they are to improve vs. how MS communicates with their Xbox Xcloud insiders &the way they actively ask for feedback. It's day and night difference