Google Stadia games come to Android TV, Chromecast, and even more OLED TVs

A host of Android TV and Google TV devices are getting Stadia support at last

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Google Stadiahas been thrown a lifeline, with support soon coming to a host of Android TV andGoogleTV devices, including the newChromecast with Google TVstreaming stick.

Google has confirmed that, as of June 23, the Stadia streaming service for games will finally come to theNvidia Shield TVandTV Prostreaming boxes, thePhilips OLED+935andOLED 805TVs, the Philips 8215 and 8505 LCD screens,HisenseU7G, U8G and U9Q TVs, Onn FHD and UHD streaming sticks, as well as the Xiaomi MIBOX 3 and MIBOX4 streamers.

The support comes shortly afterApple TV made its way to most recent Android TV devices, and it seems that Google (which develops the Androidoperating systemacross phones, tablets and TVs) is really looking to push its OS to the next level.

If you have an Android TV device not listed above, then you won’t have official support just yet – though Google tells us that “you can opt intoexperimental supportto play Stadia. While this feature is still in development and not every Android TV OS device will work perfectly, you can now try out Stadia and play your favorite games on more screens than ever before.”

So, it might not fully work on yourSonyTV just yet, but the impatient among you may wish to jump the gun and try out the Stadia service anyhow by heading to thePlay Storeon your device.

Is Stadia here to stay-dia?

The game streaming service has somewhat disappeared from the news cycle (or hype cycle) amid the flurry of players trying to buy a next-gen console like thePS5orXbox Series X– but this big rollout of support could help Stadia’s fortunes.

Stadia had already come to LG TVs earlier in the year, and it is set to get a bucketload of gamesbefore 2021 is out. It’s already available on a host ofAndroid phones, of course, as well as PC.

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Whether Google is really looking to push Stadia much further, though, remains to be seen. In early 2021 the companyclosed its in-house game development studio, ostensibly to focus resources on developing the quality of the platform itself – something that’s even seen a lawsuit filed in the US over “false and misleading claims concerning the streaming quality of Stadia’s service.”

Game streaming certainly appears to be the future, even if thePS Nowservice jumped in a bit early, andXbox Cloud Gaminghas yet to really unlock its full potential to the gaming public. Where Stadia fits in amidst all this isn’t overly clear, even a year and half after the platform’s initial launch – and that’s something that won’t be answered with a quick Google.

Henry is a freelance technology journalist, and former News & Features Editor for TechRadar, where he specialized in home entertainment gadgets such as TVs, projectors, soundbars, and smart speakers. Other bylines include Edge, T3, iMore, GamesRadar, NBC News, Healthline, and The Times.

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