Following last week’s surprise announcement that Google would be shutting down Stadia in January, the platform’s small but dedicated community have petitioned Google to allow the controller to work on other platforms wirelessly.
The Stadia controller currently works on other devices via a USB cable, but it also has wireless functionality in the form of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth that’s firmware locked.
While owners wait for a response from Google, some have taken matters into their own hands with some quirky workarounds.
As reported by The Verge, one workaround involves using an Android device as a transmitter, which then sends the signal to a PC. There are a few caveats, however. For one, neither of the controller’s trigger buttons work, and the controller needs to be physically connected to the Android device.