How YouTube led to Google's cloud-gaming service: The tech that made YouTube work everywhere promises to do the same for games - [News]

Abstract

When Google's executives floated a vision for the Stadia cloud-gaming service, which could make graphically intensive gaming available on any device, they knew the company wouldn't have to build all the necessary technology from scratch. Instead, the tech giant planned to leverage its expertise in shaping Internet standards and installing infrastructure to support its YouTube video service for more than a billion people worldwide.