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Re:Google is shutting down Stadia by zerocrates on Thursday September 29, 2022 @03:39PM (#33025978)
My understanding is that it uses Bluetooth just for pairing, so I'd assume that it's not so much an issue of "drivers" but more of controller firmware to get it to send inputs over Bluetooth at all.
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Re:Google is shutting down Stadia by ThatPlayer on Thursday September 29, 2022 @04:38PM (#33026835)
Yes, the way it normally functions is directly connected to the Stadia server over wifi. It does show up as a controller connected over USB too. But Bluetooth is just for setting up the wifi connection.

I don't even want to call it pairing because the way you pair the controller to your game session is to enter in a 5 button combination that is displayed on your TV.

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Re:Google is shutting down Stadia by willtemperley on Thursday September 29, 2022 @05:36PM (#33027551)
It works nicely as a controller over USB, I’m using my stadia controller with OpenEMU
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