Google today announced that Stadia, its cloud gaming service, will be coming to iPhone and iPad via a web application in the near future.
Since its launch, Google Stadia has been able to restrictions for cloud gaming services will not appear on iOS devices. Apple said in August that cloud gaming services are allowed in the App Store, but they must be made available as individual game apps. Submitting hundreds of games to the App Store is not something any cloud gaming service wants to do. For this reason, these services will be available as a web version in Safari in the future. Google's plan is a progressive web version of Stadia that can run on Safari. The company is already well advanced, so a public beta test will start in the next few weeks. This is what the official announcement (via polygon):
Google Stadia: “To circumvent Apple’s annoying App Store rules”
Google's cloud gaming platform Stadia turns one year old today and soon the service will make its way to Apple's iOS platform. Public testing for iOS will begin "in a few weeks," Google announced Thursday, and, like other cloud gaming services, will use a web application to bypass Apple's pesky App Store rules.
In addition to Google, Microsoft a web-based version of the xCloud gaming service. Amazon is also planning a web version of the Luna gaming service for iPhone and iPad users. A few hours ago, NVIDIA also announced browser support for the GeForce NOW streaming service. The plan is to give iOS users access to Fortnite - news that Apple is unlikely to like. AirPods Pro on special offer at Amazon – available now. (Image: Google)
