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

this is the greatest thing I've ever used. I use my pixel 7 and a $50 controller that holds my phone. that's exactly like an Xbox controller and it works. it works perfectly. the only thing that might lag is if you're playing something like call of duty. if you're playing something like Indiana Jones and the great circle or RoboCop this is perfect. a lot also depends on your network setup. if you don't have a wired connection, you better have really good Wi-Fi mesh networking. ❤️

The concept is exactly what we all want. In practice... It doesn't work. It does exactly what it is supposed to until you actually start a game. At which point the game plays just fine on the PC but the audio and visual on the phone freeze immediately. You have to go to the PC to exit the game to get the app to unfreeze on the phone. At which point you can control the PC remotely, until you try and launch a game (the whole purpose of the app...) Then it proceeds to freeze again. Please fix.

3-stars for the fact that this exists. However, It requires me to connect all plug-ins/bluetooth devices to my actual PC in-order to use. I have a bluetooth mouse, keyboard, multiple controllers that successfully connect, and all of them work on all my devices. I can see the mouse pointer on the screen. Using my mouse (or finger for touch controls) do not respond to clicking once the games start, the keyboard, and controller only works when the game is not yet booted. Lots of fun potential tho.

What’s new

* Added support for over 600 Android devices, fixed launching on Android 10
* Fixed pairing and connecting with computers on other networks
* Added support for extended inputs on 8BitDo and FlyDigi controllers
* Improved audio resilience to variable network conditions
* Please report bugs and crashes here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/353380/discussions/4/