On the Stadia home page in Safari, it is recommended that users tap the share button and then tap ‘Add to home screen’ so that it works more like a web app and less like a browser page when opened from your iOS home page. device.
Stadia is now available on iOS devices! Yes, you read that right. Starting today, you can log into https://t.co/AoYhdVnzGu in your Safari iOS browser and start playing your favorite games. Try it for yourself today! pic.twitter.com/iQhoAu8NtX
– Stadia (@GoogleStadia) December 16, 2020
This is the first time that Google Stadia games can be played on iOS devices since the service launched in November 2019. The Stadia app has been available on iOS for a while, but it only lets users create an account or manage settings while they play. Google is paralyzed by Apple’s App Store Game Streaming Services policy, which is why it uses a web app as a workaround, rather than providing functionality to the app itself.
In other Google news, Gmail, YouTube, Pokemon GO, Google Docs, Stadia and more Google services got a brief outage earlier this week. If you’re interested in checking out the service, Cyberpunk 2077 is now available on Google Stadia. Here are 21 minutes of gameplay at 1080p.
Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.