Steam Link is a solution that allows you to make use of your Steam gamesĪnd library from any room in the house by streaming over the network. So, before we continue, you may be asking “What exactly is Steam Recently Valve, the creators of Steam, have released their Steam Link software for the Raspberry Pi opening the ability to stream games to the Pi for more people. You can join the discussion on the Steam Link App releasing for Raspberry Pi systems on the OC3D Forums.Game streaming with the Raspberry Pi is nothing new, I’ve covered the topic in the past.
More information about Valve's Steam Link software for Raspberry Pi on the official Steam Link forums. The Pi also offers several other advantages, such as its immense programmability, which will make the device useful for a large number of other applications.
While setting up Steam Link on a Raspberry Pi isn't as convenient as hooking up Valve's dedicated Steam Link hardware, it is undeniable that the Pi now stands as one of the cheapest options for Steam in-home Streaming. The Valve Steam Link app is currently available for free.Įarly users of the app have reported similar performance to Valve's Steam Link hardware, with some reporting a little extra lag on the decoder side, something which is likely to be improved with future versions of the software. Valve has released a beta version of their Steam Link Software for Raspberry Pi 3 and 3 B+ systems, providing users of the Raspbian Stretch, a Linux-based OS, the ability to download and run the application on their Pi. Yes, Steam Link is coming to Raspberry Pi. Today, we can now see what may have been a factor behind this decision, a Valve project that would deliver Steam Link functionality to one of the computing market's most affordable systems. Last month, Valve discontinued their Steam Link in-home Streaming hardware, leaving the PC market devoid of Valve's affordable streaming system once the product was sold out at retailers.
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