TL; DR
- YouTube Premium subscribers can use Stadia Pro for three months for free.
- This only applies to people who are new to Stadia Pro and live in select countries.
- The promotion ends on January 31, 2022.
In the hope of attracting subscribers to both services, Google is now offering three months of free Stadia Pro cloud gaming to those with a YouTube Premium subscription.
The promotion is an extension of the normal one-month trial version of Stadia Pro and is only available to new Pro subscribers, says Google in a blog post. However, it does apply to anyone who has signed up for the YouTube Premium individual, family, or student plans as long as they live in one of the eligible countries of the promotion. These include the USA, Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
You can also take advantage of the free Stadia Pro offer if you have a YouTube Premium trial, so you might get both without spending a penny.
Google runs the campaign until January 31, 2022, but lets users redeem their free months until February 14.
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Stadia Pro typically costs $ 9.99 per month, and unlike the regular Stadia, Stadia offers free games every month for as long as a subscription is active. It also offers discounts on titles in the Stadia Store and unlocks 4K, HDR and 5.1 channel surround sound on compatible hardware and with a fast enough internet connection.
While Stadia can run on a wide variety of devices including PCs, Chromecasts, and Android phones, the platform has yet to set the gaming world on fire. This is often attributed to the limited choice and the still elusive dependency on high-speed internet for many people.