Question 1

True or false: Stadia could be used to play games on a smart fridge or a toaster with a screen.

Accepted Answer

False. While Stadia worked on many devices, it required a Chrome browser or supported OS — no toasters or fridges were ever officially compatible.

Question 2

True or false: Stadia required a special Google-made controller to play any game.

Accepted Answer

False. You could play Stadia with any USB or Bluetooth controller, keyboard, or mouse — the Stadia Controller was optional.

Question 3

True or false: Stadia had a feature that let you stream your game directly to YouTube at 4K with zero latency.

Accepted Answer

False. Stadia allowed one-click YouTube streaming, but latency was not zero — it added a few seconds of delay like any live stream.

Question 4

True or false: Google Stadia's Pro tier offered game streaming at up to 4K resolution and 60 frames per second.

Accepted Answer

True. Stadia's Pro subscription advertised streaming at up to 4K/60fps, using cloud hardware. Actual performance varied by internet connection and game optimization.

Question 5

True or false: Stadia was shut down because it had fewer than 100 active users at launch.

Accepted Answer

False. Stadia had hundreds of thousands of users, but Google shut it down in 2023 due to low subscription growth and strategic shifts.

Question 6

True or false: Google Stadia was built on a custom Linux-based operating system and used Vulkan graphics API.

Accepted Answer

True. Stadia ran on a customized Debian Linux OS and used the Vulkan graphics API for low-level GPU access, optimizing performance on standard x86 servers.

Question 7

True or false: Stadia had an exclusive game that was developed by a studio Google acquired just for the service.

Accepted Answer

False. Google acquired Typhoon Studios in 2019 to make exclusives, but it was shut down in 2021 without releasing any game. No Stadia exclusive from an acquisition ever launched.

Question 8

True or false: Stadia's cloud servers used custom AMD GPUs with 10.7 teraflops of power per instance.

Accepted Answer

True. Stadia's custom AMD GPU offered 10.7 TFLOPS of compute, roughly matching an Xbox One X, with 16GB of shared RAM.

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