Ever since Apple put their foot down in regards to allowing game streaming services to release their iOS apps through the App Store, the companies behind these services have been turning to their next alternative: The open web. Apple themselves said they are A-OK with companies providing their game streaming services through the Safari browser on iOS, and that’s exactly what Microsoft’s xCloud, Amazon’s Luna, Google’s Stadia, and Nvidia’s GeForce Now are aiming to do. Or rather are already doing. Just shy of a month ago Nvidia launched GeForce Now on iOS through the web and I was thoroughly impressed with how closely the service running via Safari actually felt like a native app experience.
Amusingly, Nvidia launched that on the one-year anniversary of Google Stadia, and Google said at the time that they were very close to launching their service on Safari as well. Which brings us to today where Stadia has officially arrived on iOS via the Safari browser. Similar to how GeForce Now works on iOS, you simply navigate to stadia.google.com in Safari and then bring up the Share sheet which will give you the option of saving the page as a Bookmark on your Home Screen. Here’s a quick demo.
Stadia is now available on iOS devices! Yes, you read that right. Starting today, you can sign into https://t.co/AoYhdVnzGu on your Safari iOS browser and begin playing your favorite games. Try it for yourself today! pic.twitter.com/iQhoAu8NtX
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