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Google has finally killed the Stadia Bluetooth tool — but this person rescued it

Google has finally killed the Stadia Bluetooth tool — but this person rescued it

Stadia is now fully dead.

Stadia is now fully dead.

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Sean Hollister
is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget.

Did you save your Google Stadia controller like I told you last month? It’s still not too late. This week, Google has finally removed the tool that converts the now-useless controller into a decent Bluetooth gamepad. But there’s another way.

Christopher Klay, who previously developed the Stadia Enhanced browser extension, is one of many who saved a copy of the tool to a personal GitHub page. What’s more, they’re hosting a working copy of that Google website right here to make it even easier.

I haven’t tried Klay’s mirror, as both of my gamepads are already converted, but here’s my video on how easy the process is. It’s worth doing now that the pads work relatively well with Steam! I maintain that while Google made a lot of mistakes, it’s an amazing example of shutting down a service the right way.

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