It also means you can't choose an ultrawide aspect ratio for a 21:9 monitor, or make other tweaks for your personal setup. Bad news on the first front: None of the Stadia games we've tested have graphics options, which makes it hard to tell how they compare to a native PC game. The bigger concerns are Stadia's graphics options and image quality. It's good for singleplayer games, though if you're playing multiplayer, it may put you at a small disadvantage. The good news is that when it has a strong internet connection, it's hard to detect any latency in Stadia's performance.

Stadia is brand new, and many of its missing features will presumably trickle into place over time. You also can't view your screenshot captures on PC, only mobile. Here are the menu entries you can't currently use on PC: Stadia is lacking some major features, period, but PC is specifically missing some features that are available on Chromecast and Android. On PC, you're limited to 1080p streaming until sometime in 2020. On TVs via the Chromecast Ultra, Stadia supports 4K, HDR streaming with 5.1 Surround. What Stadia on PC doesn't support right now Just be aware that your Steam controller profiles may not play nice with Stadia my Switch Pro profile confused Stadia into thinking both the A and B buttons were the same input. Hot swapping even worked great-you can plug in a controller while a game is running, or unplug one and plug in another, without issue, at least in Shadow of the Tomb Raider.īecause Steam now supports and lets you configure basically any third party controller, you should also be able to use controllers that Stadia doesn't officially support, as long as Steam is running. I used the Xbox, Stadia, and PS4 controllers over USB, and all performed flawlessly. Switch Pro controller (USB and Bluetooth).Xbox One controller (USB and Bluetooth).Not every Stadia game is ideal for keyboard and mouse, but thankfully at launch the basic console controllers are compatible with Chrome. Stadia on PC supports multiple controllers

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