Google Stadia Finally Getting Shut After Seeing Downturn

Google's cloud gaming platform, Google Stadia, will shut down on January 18 after falling short of user growth expectations.

According to The Verge, many publishers share solutions for customers to continue playing their games on other platforms even though Stadia users are going to lose access to all of their saved games and progress.

In October 2018, a closed beta of the cloud gaming service went live, and in November 2019, it went live to the general public. In addition, Google is offering a full refund on all Stadia hardware, games, and add-on content purchased from the Stadia store. The processing of refunds has begun since November, and the report states that most refunds will be processed by January 18.

In the meantime, cross-device notifications and improved playback options for Spotify Connect-compatible devices are said to be among the new media playback features being developed by Google.

TechCrunch says that cross-device notifications will let people start a playlist or podcast in their car and continue it later on their phone or television.

In addition, a recent global study by IEEE highlights the fact that Cloud Computing will have the greatest technological impact globally in 2023 and beyond out of all the fundamentals of digital transformation.

According to this McKinsey study, the top 500 global businesses will use cloud technology to generate over USD 1 trillion in EBITDA by 2030.