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They did not have firmware which could handle acting as a Bluetooth controller. That's what the new binary you can flash has.
by Tyr42 4y ago
They did not have firmware which could handle acting as a Bluetooth controller. That's what the new binary you can flash has.
- ineedasername 4y agoOkay, I think i grok that. not so much locked down as they never built the capability. Although they did use BT for initial pairing with some devices so a certain amount of functionality was there. From that starting point, allowing it to be a normals BT controller should require a minimum of additional work, but I think they probably had a reasonable business case to not do that: We know they tried to implement to minimize additional latency, so I’m guessing they really did not want people using these as a general BT controller in case the user inadvertently connected to Stadia in that mode, which would have increased latency and reduced user experience. Being able to plug in via usb for general controller usage was fine because increased latency there was not going to be an issues. I suppose it all makes sense.