Moonlight Game Streaming

Cameron Gutman

About this app

This app streams games, programs, or your full desktop from an NVIDIA GameStream-compatible PC on your local network or the Internet using NVIDIA GeForce Experience. Mouse, keyboard, and controller input is sent from your Android device to the PC.

Streaming performance may vary based on your client device and network setup. HDR requires an HDR10-capable device, GTX 1000-series GPU or later, and HDR10-enabled game. Games that use DXGI/OS HDR also require an HDR display connected to your host PC.

Features
• Open-source and completely free (no ads, IAPs, or "Pro")
• Streams games purchased from any store
• Works on your home network or over the Internet/LTE
• Up to 4K 120 FPS HDR streaming with 7.1 surround sound
• Keyboard and mouse support (best with Android 8.0 or later)
• Stylus/S-Pen support
• Supports PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Android gamepads
• Force feedback support
• Local co-op with up to 4 connected controllers
• Mouse control via gamepad by long-pressing Start

PC Requirements
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX/RTX or NVIDIA Quadro GPU
• NVIDIA GeForce Experience or NVIDIA Quadro Experience installed

Quick Setup Instructions
• Make sure GeForce Experience is open on your PC. Turn on GameStream in the SHIELD settings page.
• Tap on the PC in Moonlight and type the PIN on your PC
• Start streaming!

To have a good experience, you need a mid to high-end wireless router with a good wireless connection to your Android device (5 GHz highly recommended) and a good connection from your PC to your router (Ethernet highly recommended).

Detailed Setup Instructions
See the full setup guide https://bit.ly/1skHFjN for:
• Adding a PC manually (if your PC is not detected)
• Streaming over the Internet or LTE
• Using a controller connected directly to your PC
• Streaming your full desktop
• Adding custom apps to stream

MOGA controller users
If your controller has a switch with A and B, it must be switched to B to be used for streaming. If you have no switch, use the MOGA Universal Driver app.

PlayStation 3 controller users
Use the SixAxis app in "Native Gamepad" mode for Moonlight. The default button mapping needs to be adjusted to match the standard controller layout for streaming.

Troubleshooting
A detailed troubleshooting guide is available here: https://bit.ly/1TO2NLq
If you still can't solve your issue or just have a question, join our Discord server to chat with the Moonlight community: https://moonlight-stream.org/discord

Disclaimer: This app is not affiliated with NVIDIA Corporation. Please do not contact them for support. Instead, use the troubleshooting link at the bottom of the app description.

This app is open-source under the GPL. The code can be found here: https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-android

Legal: All trademarks cited here are the property of their respective owners.

Ratings and reviews

It actually works. The only real issue is that if the connection drops you have to restart both devices to get it going again. But it does what I need. I can send my pc screen to my tablet and it's mostly stable. Other downsides: sometimes the audio is overly compressed (despite having plenty of bandwidth), it doesn't work with my PS4 controller, and sometimes it will just lag for a moment every few seconds, even if I'm not moving.

Works really well! This is by far the most lagless option for local streaming. The only problem is to play game pass games...it is possible to launch them but controller isn't supported (on the shield TV at least). Works flawlessly with other games launchers though. Edit = removed just 1 star because if the connection stutters, the service just gives up and eject you within seconds. That's with a 400mbps connection. But when it happens, it's fast and easy to get right back in.

Would like to see a fit to screen option that would zoom in to remove black bars while cutting off part of the image. Games also not updating correctly even after uninstalling and reinstalling GFE and moonlight Works great. Devs have addressed every other issue I can think of so far. I don't think the devs can do anything to fix Android's system level mouse acceleration.

What's new

v10.11
- Changed the default SDR colorspace from BT.601 to BT.709
- Changed the input capture toggle shortcut from Ctrl+Shift+Z to Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z for consistency with other clients
- Toggling input capture now properly toggles keyboard capture on Samsung devices
- PC state is now refreshed more quickly after a network change
- Fixed entering IPv6 addresses on the Add PC page
- Added an experimental option to request full range video
- Updated community contributed translations from Weblate