While morale within the Stadia fandom has seen better days, Google tends to be silent on what is next for Stadia mobile apps for iOS and Android. For months, checking an APK reverse engineering by 9to5Google and Stadia Dosage have proven to be a great map to be aware of what could be next.
And this week it was Stadia Dosage's turn to verify what's new on the Stadia 4.22 for Android update.
The following code reference might be a way for Google to finally integrate Stadia as part of an eSport or local tournament environment but does emphasize the "spectator" aspect, rather than even organizing aspect.
SPORTS_IMMERSIVE_MATCH_LIST_PAGE
SPORTS_IMMERSIVE_SINGLE_MATCH_PAGE
SPORTS_IMMERSIVE_STANDINGS_PAGE
SPORTS_IMMERSIVE_NEWS_PAGE
SPORTS_IMMERSIVE_LEADERBOARD_PAGE
SpectatorMediaPlayerInfo
SpectatorMediaPlayerInfo_ErrorCause
My guess is that by naming the reference with "IMMERSIVE", could possibly mean that this improvement might be another sale point for Immersive Stream, the B2B variant of Stadia, to eSport organizers.
On the social part, I guess that Google wants to try a less dependance of YouTube as making games to be watchable within the Stadia app as per the references:
MEDIA_PLAYER_STARTED
MEDIA_PLAYER_STOPPED
MEDIA_PLAYER_STALLED
MEDIA_PLAYER_ERROR
MEDIA_PLAYER_PLAYING
MEDIA_PLAYER_SESSION_CREATED
MEDIA_PLAYER_CONNECTED
Also, Google thinks that it is time to greenlight more improvements to scenes and video capture with discoverability on the Explore section as per:
get:enableExploreCaptureReactions
enableExploreCaptureReactions
enableExploreCaptureReactionsFlag
init:enableExploreCaptureReactionsFlag
Interestingly, these improvement are aimed to motivate people on going public as there are options to make it private but the user will be warned as the string:
If you make this capture private, related posts will be hidden and you will lose reactions.
Next, Google is worry about degraded experience of the Stadia app usage and had prepare a routine where the app can ask you what is wrong via:
assignmentDegradedViewModel
assignmentPossiblyDegraded
assignmentPossiblyDegradedMessage
assignmentPossiblyDegradedTitle
There are too many players in your area right now, so you’re playing on a server that’s further away than usual. You can still play, but you might see some issues.
There are too many players in your area at the moment, so you’re playing on a server that’s further away than usual. You can still play, but you might see some issues.
In more Immersive Stream probable case of use, more "Enterprise" view kind of code was also spotted as a new added to the app:
enterpriseButtonIconPath
enterpriseIconPath
enterpriseTriggerIconPath
enterpriseStickAreaIconPath
switchLayoutIconPath
set:gestureSettings
More integration and less dependance of Chromecast Ultra 4K is becoming more obvious and this time, Google allowing second screen for login with Google account:
secondScreenSignUpUrl
There are other strings that are new on the APK 2.44, but there are practically referencing changes in the UI and more about the eSport/Tournament accommodations, including some that could be for low level functionality on the app.
Via Stadia Dosage