

Play all your favorite steam titles away from your PC with the interesting app Steam Link, that has basically all the same features as the hardware it's named after. Although mouse clicks are replaced by tapping on the screen, games that require a joystick require a physical controller.

Thanks to the Valve controller's latest firmware update, you can a pair a Steam Controller to your smartphone and use to play games on Steam Link, but you could use any bluetooth control system. Steam Link simply mirrors your computer screen to your Android device, so you have to pair your device to a computer with an installed Steam client to use the app, as well as a high speed WiFi connection, and if possible, a wired internet connection to your PC. That being said, it's basically a streaming tool, so you'll need a PC running the game for the app to function. Article taken from your Steam games on any Android device with Steam Link, the official Valve app for Android. However, Im not sure if this represents any pros (or cons) compared to an Android TV box with the Steam Link app, so I dont know which one should I get. Looks like this is Valve's first official release as a Flatpak package. You can grab the Steam Link for Linux from Flathub and you can see the reference files on GitHub. So you could host a game of your favourite co-op or multiplayer experience, let's say Stardew Valley, and someone only needs the Steam Link installed on whatever device they have available to join your game with a link you send over. To play GTA 5 on Android in 2023 using Steam Link, follow these steps: Ensure that your Android device is connected to a high-speed internet connection with low ping. So why now? Well, Valve only just recently announced Remote Play Together - Invite Anyone, which uses the Steam Link to allow people without a Steam account to join a game hosted by someone else.


Previously the app was only supported for Windows, iOS, Android, or a Raspberry Pi but that ends now with the official announcement today adding traditional Linux desktops to the mix. The idea is that it allows you to stream content from Steam on one PC to another, or to a different device like an Android phone. Originally available as the Steam Link hardware that was discontinued in 2018, which Valve then replaced with the standalone application. Valve along with their partners at open source consulting firm Collabora have ported over the standalone Steam Link application to the traditional Linux desktop.
