The BEST method to enable xinput for Google Stadia Controller's Bluetooth mode (DirectInput to Xbox 360 controller) + Analog Triggers in Windows 10/11

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  • ViGEmBus

    Discontinued Windows kernel-mode driver emulating well-known USB game controllers.

    **Again, if XOutput displayed no warning, then you can probably skip this step if you already have ViGEbus. Otherwise, install the latest release of ViGEbus. It is a background service in Windows, no need to launch any separate programs afterwards.

  • XOutput

    DirectInput to XInput wrapper

    Downloaded the latest release of XOutput (v3.2 XOutput.zip as of this post), save it somewhere safe and launch it (I usually place it in C:\Users\\Documents\Tools\ControllerTools).

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  • HidHide

    Gaming Input Peripherals Device Firewall for Windows.

    Install HidHide and restart you computer. I love this program. It's also by ViGEm

  • stadia-vigem

    ViGEm adapter for Stadia Controller

    Instead of xoutput, I like to use: https://github.com/walkco/stadia-vigem

  • StadiEm

    Allows Stadia Controllers to emulate 360 controllers on PC.

    I used to prefer https://github.com/RexSonic/StadiEm as I did not need to to use hid-hide, however it hasn’t been updated for Bluetooth yet.

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