We spend a week testing and playing games on Google Stadia, the newly launched cloud gaming service that streams games to Pixel phones, Chrome browsers, and the Chromecast Ultra. Here's how the service performs at launch, from image quality to latency, as well as which of the promised features are ready today.
Update: after we filmed our review, Google announced that Stadia would launch with 22 games, not 12.
Watch our interview with Stadia's head of engineering to learn how the technology for streaming games works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eouqoIur5c4
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