Forget Xbox Series X – you can now get a FREE Google Stadia with YouTube Premium

11th November 2020

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YOU can now bag yourself a free Google Stadia gaming kit worth £90/$100 if you have a YouTube Premium subscription.

Google launched the deal this week for active YouTube Premium subscribers in the US and UK.

Stadia is Google’s cloud gaming platform launched in 2019

If you’re a subscriber to YouTube’s paid tier, you get a free Google Stadia Premiere Edition bundle, Google said.

That includes a Stadia Controller and a Chromecast Ultra dongle. The deal is not available to new subscribers.

To get your hands on your console, simply login to a YouTube Premium account and follow this link.

The only drawback is that you’ll have to sign up for a free month of Stadia Pro, which gives you access to a library of more than 100 games.

Stadia now has new rival, the Xbox Series S (left) and Series X (right)

After that, you’ll be charged the service’s £8.99/$9.99 a month fee. You can cancel the subscription before you’re charged.

YouTube Premium costs £12/$12 a month and offers ad-free videos as well as access to content locked away from non-paying users.

The move is likely a way for Google to get Stadia in front of people amidst the release of two new next-gen consoles this week.

Microsoft launched its Xbox Series X machine on Tuesday, while Sony’s PlayStation 5 hits shelves tomorrow.

Google Stadia is a game streaming service that lets you play console titles on smartphones and laptops.

Normally, a games console renders graphics on the machine – requiring powerful and expensive hardware.

Stadia renders the graphics remotely on a high-powered computer and sends them to you over the internet, a bit like Netflix.

It means you can play games on really rubbish devices, including smartphones or the Google Chrome web browser.

Stadia launched last year but hasn’t managed to capture the hearts and minds of gamers despite massive hype around the system ahead of release.

Players have moaned that Stadia requires an excellent internet connection to work properly and lacks Sony or Microsoft’s huge roster of top games.

In other news, Microsoft launched the Xbox Series X yesterday – and the new console sold out within minutes.

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Read our full reviews of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.

Have you tried Google Stadia? Let us know in the comments!