Google Stadia will Only Support 4 Phones at Launch

Google’s ambitious new game streaming service isset to go livein November this year, with abunch of supported gamesthat will be available for users to buy (albeit, at full priceregardless of their subscription). However, while a lot of critics remain critical of Stadia’s success in the market, one of the biggest selling point of Stadia, according to Stadia Chief Phil Harrison, is the fact that it willallow users to play games on any of their devices, at any time, in any place.

Even though that should imply users with Android phones will be able to play Google Stadia games on their phones, according to the officialStadia FAQ page, the number of phones that will support the service at launch are just 4.

The FAQ page mentions that at the time of launch, Stadia will be supported on the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3a devices. That’s thePixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3a, and Pixel 3a XL. The page does mention that more devices will be added in the future, but there’s no timeline for that future. However, it’s safe to say that the Pixel 4 will be added to that list when it launches in October this year.

Google also mentions in the FAQ page that even though users won’t be able to play Stadia games on phones other than the 4 that will be supported at launch,purchasing games and managing content can be done on any iPhone running iOS 11 and above, and any Android phone running Android Marshmallowand above that can run the Stadia app.

This extremely short list of phones that will support Stadia at launch is nothing short of sad, and will most likely add on to the list of reasons why people are growing increasingly skeptical of Stadia’s success in the market. Phil Harrison might keep saying thatISPs will increase data capsbecause they just want to make their consumers happy, but Google’s choice of sticking with just 4 phones at launch is definitely not making anyone happy right now.

Akshay Gangwar

Greetings, tech titans and fellow literary time-travelers! I’m Akshay, your tech-whisperer and Harry Potter’s number one stalker – seriously, don’t ask me how many times I’ve read those books; it’s borderline unhealthy.

Working in the tech journalism industry since 2016, I have 7 years of experience covering everything from technology news, to well-researched resource articles. Now the Content Strategist at Beebom, I often pen down op-eds for our website, sharing expert commentary on the latest in technology, AI, and electric cars.

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