Google Stadia to allow users to livestream games directly to YouTube tomorrow

From the beginning, Google Stadia and YouTube were supposed to work together - with the help of cloud computing, and one could click on a YouTube ad to instantly start playing a game, YouTubers could instantly invite your viewers to join their game and, perhaps most importantly, creators could instantly without any effort stream their Stadia games live to YouTube with the push of a button on the controller.

None of those things happened at Stadia's launch last November. Still, the biggest one is apparently coming tomorrow: All Stadia users will be able to livestream directly to YouTube starting tomorrow, a representative confirms to The Verge.

This afternoon 9to5Google noticed that the feature seemed to be rolling out, and we also saw the ability to link a YouTube account on our Stadia accounts, although not yet the ability to actually stream. I guess we'll try tomorrow.

As per 9to5Google, you will still need to give your stream a title and tweak some settings, such as whether your stream is kid-friendly (to comply with child protection rules). It's also unclear if it will still be able to stream in 4K, as Stadia originally promised. You will likely need a $ 9.99 a month Stadia Pro subscription for that as well, as you do for 4K games.

The feature couldn't come at a more important time for Stadia - the service's biggest game to date, Cyberpunk 2077, is coming this week, at a time when next-gen consoles and the latest graphics cards to build their own. Powerful PCs are complicated and expensive to buy. It's the biggest test for Stadia yet, and one the company is betting on: Buying Cyberpunk on the service comes with a full set of free Stadia hardware for a limited time, not unlike the set it offered free to subscribers. YouTube Premium.

People streaming Cyberpunk 2077 from Stadia to YouTube could be the biggest opportunity for Google to demonstrate what their service can do.