Steam Link

Valve Corporation

About this app

The Steam Link app brings desktop gaming to your Android device. Just pair a Bluetooth controller or Steam Controller to your device, connect to a computer running Steam, and start playing your existing Steam games.

For best performance with Android TV:
* Connect your computer using Ethernet to your router
* Connect your Android TV using Ethernet to your router

For best performance with tablets and phones:
* Connect your computer using Ethernet to your 5Ghz WiFi router
* Connect your Android device to the 5GHz band of your WiFi network
* Keep your Android device within a reasonable range of your router

Ratings and reviews

In my experience, Steam Link works like charm. I use it to play games on my phone from across the house, and the latency is suprisingly not as bad as you'd think. For games like Call of Duty, it may be a bit much, but fallout 4, or something like that its barely even noticable. Definitely recommend using a controller though, weather it be connected via Wire, or Bluetooth, it definitely improves on the touch controls.

SOLVED: Turns out the analogue/dpad movement is depend on the phone orientation. I flipped it around so the Volume keys were pointing to the ground and VOILA the directions and analogue inputs worked again. So weird. Other than that, it hitches once in awhile but I'm running some VERY old (2006) wireless routers, so I'm going to blame that.         ------------------------------------- Using LG G5 (Android 8.0) It did work at Beta launch, but now the app doesn't detect Xbox One Bluetooth Dpad/Analogue button presses. The button presses register outside the app in the OS, but not in the Steam Link Controller test screen or any games. Really weird. If I find a way to solve this I'll change my score, but for now, it's not really usable for me any more. FIXED

I have been using this for over a year now and it has gotten so good over the just the last year. Biggest improvement was the sound, it's clear now and I can actually listen through the app. It is such a useful app, whether it's gaming (Skyrim works perfectly, no input lag) or being able to control your computer through this app, is such a good feature, when in a call and need to listen, I just use steam link and I can listen to the call while being on the other side of the house, I love it.

What's new

* Steam Link no longer unpairs from previous accounts when pairing to a new Steam account on the same computer
* Fixed a crash at startup when some types of controllers are connected
* Please report bugs and crashes here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/353380/discussions/4/