That’s actually really awesome.
What do you use it for?
As someone who continues using a Steam Link for its original intended use of game streaming, this strikes me as a somewhat silly question. Haha.
Maybe I am just not adventurous enough with mine to consider other uses?
I often use it to watch Hulu and such on my tv, as even though the tv has its own app, I can’t put an adblocker on those, but I can use my browser through the steam link and have all the ads blocked. Just one other type of use for it!
Use a dns server that does ad blocking for you. Or, just run a pi hole. Even an old 3B will handle it fine. I do both, but my VPN company provides the dns services.
Although some streaming services won’t let you watch anything if you don’t unblock their advertising (which is a good reason to unsubscribe)
When I had one it was great for streaming games to the living room from my PC. There are so many great couch party games on the PC and by using the link we could get controllers and video to stream perfectly.
Did you not ever have to have a controller plugged in the host and Link per player? That’s a quirk I’ve faced using my laptop as the Steam Link device, streaming from my desktop.
I still have my old one. I used to use it to stream Steam to my living room TV, since my gaming PC was in my office on my second floor. The wife wanted to hang out, but she’d always be distracted on her phone and there wasn’t room in my office for us to comfortably sit together, so I’d game from the TV while she sat with me on the couch.
I haven’t used the physical Steam Link in a few years, though. My newest Smart TV has a Steam Link app on it, which does everything the physical device did. Maybe that’s why the physical one still gets updates; because the software is still being supported as a TV app.
I use mine all the time. I use it to play games and watch TV/movies through my computer. I plan on using it for my kids account because games are so much cheaper on PC and have support forever.
I can plug any of my controllers in or m&k and have zero issues doing whatever I want.
It’s a shame it died so quickly.
I have one of these that I never use. Good to know they’re still getting updates. I do have a potential application for mine in the near future.
Wow , Valve is really an amazing company!!
Wow, when they were practically giving those away, I figured they were washing their hands of it. It’s amazing that it’s still being supported.
Mine was $1! I love it. I just bought a wireless mouse and keyboard for it, because it’s honestly just a great way to stream stuff. Now my computer can be in my living room, and my office at the same time!
I’ve got one I never hooked up. Can you just control the computer in general or do you only get access to steam? I wanted to jellyfin with it maybe
You can control the computer but it boots in big picture so you need to escape it to get to the desktop
Can control it in general, but the first few times you’ll have to run over and look at the monitor to do stuff.
It generally assumes it’s being used “close” to the computer, so instead of complex pairing, it just shows a code on one you type into the other.
Sometimes windows will get antsy and pop up a dialogue that can only be interacted with locally, but it’s only one or twice ever.
Think about it though. Probably some overlap with the deck. And hiring one dev very part time to keep this thing alive is nothing for them. Which makes the steam deck way more lucrative
Tell me you don’t know how valve works without telling me you don’t know how valve works.
