Stadia, cloud gaming service, Google Inc., Mountain View, California, USA

Google is entering the gaming business in a not-so-conventional way. Stadia is a new streaming service that Google hopes will shake up the gaming industry.

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Google Stadia is here. Stadia marks Google's entry into AAA gaming via a new game streaming service. Google says you'll be able to stream game titles up to 4K 60fps on your smartphone, tablet, laptop or TV (via Chromecast). Is Google Stadia the future of video games? Are you ready for a completely online gaming experience?

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All the biggest announcements from Google at GDC 2019

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Google's Stadia cloud gaming platform will let you stream console and PC-quality titles across laptops, desktops, TVs, tablets, and phones. At launch, Google says it will support up to 4K at 60 fps, and it will work on any screen so long as you have a Chrome browser or Chromecast Ultra. Google’s building the Netflix of video games and the company has the software and infrastructure to pull it off. But, there are still a lot of open questions.

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Google is convinced it can get game streaming right, but I'm not.

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When Google announced game-streaming service Stadia at GDC 2019, a bunch of gamers immediately wondered if it would improve, disrupt or have no effect on the industry. But what if Google's endgame is slightly different? We take a look at what we know, and where Stadia's true potential lies.

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We go hands-on with Google's upcoming Stadia cloud gaming service, which is launching next month! The impressive demo at Google's headquarters represents the best-case scenario for streaming quality and latency, and we sit down with Stadia's VPs of product and engineering to dive into video compression and other technologies that will make Stadia work around the world.

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We'll say it, Google Stadia works better than we expected. The game-streaming service is capable of transmitting relatively smooth game play to a Chromecast Ultra, browser, or Pixel phone, and the experience is (relatively) lag-free. But it comes with a host of caveats. Controllers only work wirelessly with the TV, with a computer or phone, you'll need a cable; Graphics are certainly console competitive, but this won't replace a high-end PC; and it worked on our network, but slower connections may see worse graphics and far more lag. Still, call us impressed, this may be the best attempt at game-streaming we've seen yet.

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Google Stadia, Google's new cloud-gaming platform, has had a ton of hype and made promises. Well it's finally here, in some form at least. With only a handful of games and a handful of compatible devices, a lot of its promised features aren't available at launch. Dan Ackerman takes Stadia for a spin and sees what it's like on day one.

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We spend a week testing and playing games on Google Stadia, the newly launched cloud gaming service that streams games to Pixel phones, Chrome browsers, and the Chromecast Ultra. Here's how the service performs at launch, from image quality to latency, as well as which of the promised features are ready today.

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Want the highlights of the Google for Game Developers Stadia Keynote? We’ve got you covered! Learn what's new for Stadia in this recap as we share how it's easier than ever to bring your games to Stadia while maximizing return when you launch games on Stadia. Watch this recap to see the top 10 things you need to know from the Stadia Keynote!

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