Google Assistant can now launch Stadia games on Android and Chrome OS
When Google first launched its Stadia cloud gaming service last year, they made it available for a handful of Android devices, the Google Chrome browser, and the Chromecast Ultra. While Google has yet to expand support to Android TV devices, they have enabled gameplay on dozens of additional Android smartphones and have greatly expanded the service’s functionality and game catalog.
However, an update popped up on Reddit when user/udericiouswon discreetly noticed a functionality that enables Stadia gamers to launch the game The Turing Test by searching for “the turing test game” in the
Chrome OS search box.
The Redditor noticed that this search query opened Google Chrome and directed them to a URL under the “ ggp.sandbox.google.com ” domain, which appears to be where Google’s internal test server is hosted. Other users noticed that you can type the name of a game followed by “game” to launch a title—for example, entering “The Division 2 game” into Assistant will launch the game on Stadia in a new Chrome tab.
This update comes after reports making rounds Stadia users can also launch Stadia games directly on Android phones with the app installed. With publications noting that users on both Android and Chrome OS can launch a game that they own by saying “play [insert game]” in Google Assistant.
Launching Stadia games through Google Assistant previously worked with the Chromecast Ultra, but now users can welcome a scenario where launching titles on all platforms with both Stadia and Google Assistant are supported.
Though these smaller integrations demonstrate one area where Google Stadia is already proving superior to the Microsoft xCloud or NVIDIA GeForce NOW, provided you own an Android device or Chromebook. In the future, Google promises that Stadia will get deeper integrations with Assistant, but for now, all you can do with Assistant is launch games.
Originally Posted On NaijaTechGuy
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