By Ben Schoon
Publication Date: 2025-12-29 16:30:00
As the three-year anniversary of Stadia’s death approaches, the final “active” part of Google’s short-lived venture into cloud gaming appears to be going away, as the controller conversion tool appears to actually be going offline this week.
Ahead of its shutdown on January 19, 2023, Google opened up a web-based tool that could convert a Stadia Controller from its Wi-Fi mode to a Bluetooth-only mode, allowing Stadia’s only true hardware to get another life as a wireless controller for smartphones, PCs, and more.
While not perfect, it worked pretty well.
For whatever reason, though, Google has set a cutoff for this tool. From the day it was announced, it always had an end-of-life. The tool was originally set to be shut down at the end of 2023, but Google extended it for another year through the end of 2024. Then, as that deadline approached, Google once again extended it through the end of 2025.
