Stadia is starting to test a function that will give the service a lot of play and never better said, because since the last update you will be able to access it through your 4G or 5G mobile data connection . A very good news with which to promote a future bet through which they want us to play the best console and PC titles without needing more hardware than that provided by your mobile phone.
How to activate the use of mobile data with Stadia
Stadia has begun testing a new option that will allow access to the service through the mobile connection and not the ADSL, fiber or cable connection you may have at home. So, as long as the coverage, speed and also the data rate -which should be unlimited or generous in gigabytes- allow it, you can use the videogame services via Google streaming wherever you go.
What do you want to play Stadia on the beach, the pool or in the middle of the field? Well go ahead. You will no longer depend on any Wi-Fi connection and, in addition, you gain advantages such as greater optimization of the signal of the video that arrives and knows that it will do so through a data connection. Of course, since you are going to play triple A games in many cases we recommend that you always carry a gamepad with you.
Therefore, knowing that Google has activated this option within Stadia, let’s see how to use it and how to access it if it does not appear active by default.
In principle, if you disconnect the WiFi connection and activate the data, the application will detect it at startup and automatically give you the option to start using the data to connect. If not, to activate the use of mobile data you just have to open Stadia and access the configuration settings. Then go to Experiments and there activate by sliding to the side the switch corresponding to Use mobile data.
When you do, you will see that at the bottom they warn you that the consumption of data could shoot up to 2.7 Gb per hour. So keep this in mind if, as we said before, you do not have a rate with a good amount of data or unlimited, which would be your thing to corrupt without fear wherever you are.
Play using data without the latest Stadia update
As you can imagine, this new experimental function has the advantage that you can access the service using only and exclusively your device with a data connection. However, you should know that you could already do this easily for a long time by sharing the connection of another smartphone via WiFi or by using a 4G / 5G router. You connect to the network and you’re done.
Anyway, as we said, the logical advantage of having the option is that you do not require another terminal, the energy consumption is lower and you can play as long as you feel like doing it no matter where you are.
