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I think it may have to do with the native resolution of the games themselves. Destiny 2, for example, is rendered by Stadia at 1080p, and then is sent as either a 4K stream, 1080p stream, or 720p str... See more...
I think it may have to do with the native resolution of the games themselves. Destiny 2, for example, is rendered by Stadia at 1080p, and then is sent as either a 4K stream, 1080p stream, or 720p stream, depending on the hardware and connection conditions. While it does look better on a 4K TV with a Chromecast Ultra as it can stream at 4K, it is still a 1080p render that is being upscaled. Games like Red Dead Redemption 2 actually render at 4K natively, so when you are streaming them at less than 4K, or displaying them to something that is 1080p or 1440p, like most computer monitors, maybe that is where the poorer visual quality is coming from? That is just speculation from me, but I have noticed the same phenomenon you have and that is about all I can explain it with. As for a fix? I don't have one, sorry!
It may be worth testing exactly where the fault lies. It sounds like it is with the Chromecast Ultra hardware, but you could easily confirm that by launching Tomb Raider from a Chrome browser on a PC... See more...
It may be worth testing exactly where the fault lies. It sounds like it is with the Chromecast Ultra hardware, but you could easily confirm that by launching Tomb Raider from a Chrome browser on a PC, as one option, after this happens on your TV. If the game is still running and you take over the session, then it has nothing to do with Stadia or the game itself. If the game session itself is freezing, that is a big problem. For what it's worth, I purchased (before it became free with Pro, ugh!) Tomb Raider and played it for over 12 hours and this never happened to me a single time, so I believe the game itself is stable. Are you using the Chromecast Ultra that came with the Founder's Edition, or is it an older one that was upgraded to work with Stadia? It should not make a difference, as far as Google has stated, but I would not be surprised if older Chromecast Ultras do not work as well as they may be slightly different hardware revisions.
The Chrome browser will look slightly blurry for every game compared to a 4K Chromecast Ultra stream, unfortunately. I notice the same thing with Destiny 2, Final Fantasy XV, etc. Even though Darksid... See more...
The Chrome browser will look slightly blurry for every game compared to a 4K Chromecast Ultra stream, unfortunately. I notice the same thing with Destiny 2, Final Fantasy XV, etc. Even though Darksiders Genesis is a fairly low visual fidelity game, the stream being 1080p instead of 4K is a huge difference. Aside from that, I got the game, too, and am enjoying it! It definitely needs a few patches to fix some issues like getting caught on the environment and some typos, but overall it is fun.
My Stadia Controller hooked up to my Pixel 4 XL also does not rumble; as far as I know, rumble is not (yet) supported on phones.
Put me down as someone who agrees, too. It is bad enough on a traditional platform, like Steam, when your game updates and there are no patch notes, but at the very least you know it updated and can l... See more...
Put me down as someone who agrees, too. It is bad enough on a traditional platform, like Steam, when your game updates and there are no patch notes, but at the very least you know it updated and can look for more information. In Stadia, there is no indication the game even updated as you just launch the latest build. It would be very handy if Stadia notified you in some manner the game had been updated since the last time you played and, if the developer provides them, link to the patch notes.
I do not own a Chromebook, but you may just want to try performing a general system update: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/177889?hl=en I was under the impression Chromebooks tend to k... See more...
I do not own a Chromebook, but you may just want to try performing a general system update: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/177889?hl=en I was under the impression Chromebooks tend to keep themselves and the apps on them up-to-date, but it is possible since it is new it has not run updates yet and the shipped version of Chrome is too old.
If you are able to test from a different computer, does it also happen there? Or, on the same hardware, if you can test using a different mouse, does it still happen? Do you have any sort of software... See more...
If you are able to test from a different computer, does it also happen there? Or, on the same hardware, if you can test using a different mouse, does it still happen? Do you have any sort of software for your mouse that performs macros? Under the same conditions (Google Chrome, Windows 10 Pro) I can use a mouse and keyboard without issue in Destiny 2. What is interesting is that if the game does not have focus, and before the game loads properly, right-clicking brings up the context menu and the first option, right next to the cursor, is "Back". Clicking this immediately drops the game session without warning, making it look like a disconnect. I think it is quite possible that you are inadvertently and without knowing actually managing to go back in Chrome. As to why, I am not sure, but in my testing this seems like a likely scenario. You may want to try running Chrome in Incognito mode, which may help if some extension is causing problems, too.

Re: Stadia Setup

I would also add that new players should check whether their TV has a "game mode" and enable that for both HDR and non-HDR, again if the TV supports that. This is perhaps one of the most important thi... See more...
I would also add that new players should check whether their TV has a "game mode" and enable that for both HDR and non-HDR, again if the TV supports that. This is perhaps one of the most important things for playing on a TV, as without game mode enabled it can feel very sluggish.
Stadia presently only supports a 1080p stream on anything that is not a Chromecast Ultra. Therefore, on a PC in a Chrome window, for example, Stadia games will look noticeably worse than they otherwi... See more...
Stadia presently only supports a 1080p stream on anything that is not a Chromecast Ultra. Therefore, on a PC in a Chrome window, for example, Stadia games will look noticeably worse than they otherwise would. I can easily tell the difference between my 4K TV streaming at 4K and my 1440p monitor that uses a 1080p game stream. Destiny 2 on my PC looks a bit blurry, with obvious aliasing. On my TV, it looks pretty good via upscaling, though not as good as a high-end PC running it at 1440p or 4K natively.
I would suggest opening an incognito window and then sign in to the Google account that is linked to your Stadia account there and see if the issue still occurs. You can do this on Windows with Ctrl+S... See more...
I would suggest opening an incognito window and then sign in to the Google account that is linked to your Stadia account there and see if the issue still occurs. You can do this on Windows with Ctrl+Shift+N. This will force your Chrome browser to ignore all accounts and cookies and saved sessions that may be interfering. This is how I play in Chrome and I have never seen an issue with being asked to authenticate.
I would start by going here: https://support.google.com/stadia/ Contact support and provide all of the details you can to them with respect to the Google account and email address you ordered under.... See more...
I would start by going here: https://support.google.com/stadia/ Contact support and provide all of the details you can to them with respect to the Google account and email address you ordered under. Hopefully they can help you!
This is Stadia's official requirements page: https://support.google.com/stadia/answer/9338852?hl=en-CA For "On a computer" it mentions " The iOS version requires a mobile device running iOS 11.0 or ... See more...
This is Stadia's official requirements page: https://support.google.com/stadia/answer/9338852?hl=en-CA For "On a computer" it mentions " The iOS version requires a mobile device running iOS 11.0 or greater". Unfortunately, it does not mention anything about macOS requirements. However, refer to this site: https://www.pcgamebenchmark.com/google-stadia-system-requirements It mentions the requirement as " OS X Yosemite 10.10 and higher". I have no idea where this is sourced from, but it lines up with the year of the referenced iOS version, 2017. In short, I suspect there may be a requirement that macOS be newer than what some of these old devices have, but I do not know for sure and can only go by this small bit of research.
It could be something funky with HDR and/or game mode. To be clear, on PC in a Chrome window, Destiny 2 does look pretty bad. However, on a 4K TV with a Chromecast Ultra using a 4K stream, it should ... See more...
It could be something funky with HDR and/or game mode. To be clear, on PC in a Chrome window, Destiny 2 does look pretty bad. However, on a 4K TV with a Chromecast Ultra using a 4K stream, it should look pretty good. Not great, but not bad, either. For my own setup, the key was ensuring my TV was both in game mode and processing HDR correctly. Before that, I had the opposite problem where it was far too dark. I can say that now Destiny 2 looks as perfect as it can at the resolution it is being actually rendered at.
No, there were no Destiny 2 issues this weekend as far as I am aware, and I played quite a few hours each day. As for Stadia itself, it was rock solid for me in Vancouver, Canada. Thus far I have no... See more...
No, there were no Destiny 2 issues this weekend as far as I am aware, and I played quite a few hours each day. As for Stadia itself, it was rock solid for me in Vancouver, Canada. Thus far I have not really had any problems with Google's end not being able to keep up, which is impressive. If @Showbiz had issues, it could have been the ISP to blame, or perhaps additional usage in the household. It is tough to say exactly where the problem lies because there are so many interconnected pieces, between your own home, the ISP, and the Google data centre, just to name a few.
The Chromecast Ultra never requires throughput over 100 Mbps, so this is sort of a moot point. I agree that shipping a product in 2019 with only Fast Ethernet instead of Gigabit Ethernet is questiona... See more...
The Chromecast Ultra never requires throughput over 100 Mbps, so this is sort of a moot point. I agree that shipping a product in 2019 with only Fast Ethernet instead of Gigabit Ethernet is questionable, but it is also largely irrelevant. As for using Wi-Fi, that is not a wise decision if wired is available. Even if the throughput improves, the latency increases and the stability declines, which is inherent to wireless. Since the increased throughput is irrelevant as no stream is using over 100 Mbps, what are you achieving?
I have played for periods of for over 8 hours straight in 4K on my included Stadia Chromecast Ultra and never have encountered a shutdown. However, it does get extremely hot. After reading reports of... See more...
I have played for periods of for over 8 hours straight in 4K on my included Stadia Chromecast Ultra and never have encountered a shutdown. However, it does get extremely hot. After reading reports of shutdowns I began touching my Chromecast Ultra from time to time, just to see how hot it is getting, and I can see why some people might have problems. For what it's worth, I do have the area on the back of my TV exposed to a lot of air, so the Chromecast Ultra is not stuck in some enclosed space where the heat cannot dissipate easily. I am not sure whether that is a factor. For their part, Google stated in their testing these shutdowns have not been seen. If you take them at their word, it should be pretty rare, even across hundreds of thousands of players.
I can only report my own results, however, from reading your results, you will probably be fine. I have my PC, due to its location, set up to use wireless only (5 GHz AC, ~2-3 ms ping times to the g... See more...
I can only report my own results, however, from reading your results, you will probably be fine. I have my PC, due to its location, set up to use wireless only (5 GHz AC, ~2-3 ms ping times to the gateway, no packet loss in any testing I have seen). My TV, with the Chromecast Ultra plugged in, uses wired Ethernet. I have found that my PC, playing Stadia in a Chrome browser, works well, but does stutter every now and then. It is likely due to short blips in the wireless, as I live in an area with a very crowded wireless spectrum and though my Wi-Fi quality is good, it is definitely not perfect. To be clear, it never becomes unplayable and it never completely stops working, but there are definitely some skipped frames. On my TV, I basically never see any stutters. I can play for hours and forget the game is being streamed. So, I can say in my own situation, wired is better, and for basically any player that will be true. Removing that extra wireless layer removes a lot of potential for latency and instability.
I think one factor preventing Google from allowing LTE to work (without some tricks, anyway) is their concern for players exceeding their data caps due to not understanding how much data they are usi... See more...
I think one factor preventing Google from allowing LTE to work (without some tricks, anyway) is their concern for players exceeding their data caps due to not understanding how much data they are using. Like @Bakken said, while some players may have access to "unlimited" LTE, usually after some amount it is throttled to a point where it would be unusable for Stadia. The far worse case is players incurring massive bills from overages. On a home Internet connection this is bad enough, but at mobile data rates it would be absurd. While not Google's fault, it is a bad look when their service is leading to news articles with headlines mentioning how someone's kid using Stadia cost the parents hundreds or thousands of dollars in overages.
I believe Stream Connect, once added and supported in games, will work as you describe: Two or more separate Stadia streams can be displayed on a single screen. I have no idea when this will be adde... See more...
I believe Stream Connect, once added and supported in games, will work as you describe: Two or more separate Stadia streams can be displayed on a single screen. I have no idea when this will be added and supported, but for now some games do at least support local multiplayer, like Samurai Shodown.
Opening Stadia Community from the app signs me in automatically. However, that is likely because the app opens a Chrome browser window, which is linked to my Google account. If you can set your phone... See more...
Opening Stadia Community from the app signs me in automatically. However, that is likely because the app opens a Chrome browser window, which is linked to my Google account. If you can set your phone up a similar way, it should work. I should note that it does not show me as signed in until I click the account icon in the upper right. It does not request credentials, it simply signs me in and the icon changes to my customized one.