Among the many things that still need to be improved Google Stadia we can find the list of phones compatible with the service. And it is that until now the only phones from which we could play stay passed through Google's own, greatly limiting the expansion of the service among users. Well, from the day 20 February this will change completely.
Play Stadia from your Samsung Galaxy S20
Fortunately at Google they have been working to bring Stadia to many more phones, so the giant has published a complete list with all the terminals in which from now on we can play the service without problems and from wherever you want. The list includes a large number of terminals Samsung, although those of Razer and a couple of ASUS. These are the chosen ones:
- Samsung Galaxy S8
- Samsung Galaxy S8 +
- Samsung Galaxy Active S8
- Samsung Galaxy Note8
- Samsung Galaxy S
- Samsung Galaxy S9 +
- Samsung Galaxy Note9
- Samsung Galaxy S10
- Samsung Galaxy S10E
- Samsung Galaxy S10 +
- Samsung Galaxy Note10
- Samsung Galaxy Note10 +
- Samsung Galaxy S20
- Samsung Galaxy S20 +
- Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
- Razer Phone
- Razer Phone 2
- ASUS ROG Phone
- ASUS ROG Phone II
In this way, they are added to the already present Pixel 2, Pixel 3 and Pixel 4 (with their corresponding XL versions), now a total of 25 terminals that become compatible with Google Stadia.
Why has Google taken so long to offer compatibility? Perhaps the company was looking for some prominence and tried to improve the sales of its Pixels by encouraging the presence of Stadia as an exclusivity. But considering that the service isn't getting as much attention as expected, the strategy may not have turned out as well as imagined.
Be that as it may, the expansion of the list of compatible terminals is excellent news, although many users are still waiting for the free version of the service, as well as a more complete catalog of games that truly justifies paying for the subscription.
Winners and losers
It is interesting to see how the two telephones of Razer they have slipped in with the ASUS ROG Phone on the list. This shows on the one hand that the gamer phone profile interests the people of Google, although the special collaboration with Samsung is quite clear to bring a large list of company terminals, especially the recently launched Galaxy S20.
Among the great absentees we obviously highlight Xiaomi, something that some users have not forgotten to comment on in the comments of the official announcement. And it is that taking into account the existing community, it is strange not to see at least Black Shark accompanying the Razer and ASUS ROG.
If your phone is among the list of compatible terminals, congratulations. Otherwise you will have to keep waiting for new changes, or opt for two options: find a modified .apk that allows Stadia to run on your phone (something not highly recommended) or look for another similar service that does allow it.