The Steam Link app is now available in beta version on the Raspberry Pi 3 and 3 B +.
The Steam Link app is now available in beta version on the Raspberry Pi 3 and 3 B +.
The Steam Link boxes no longer exist. The simple black micro PCs designed to allow you to play in the living room, or anywhere else in the house away from your gaming platform, are sold everywhere and it seems that Valve has no plans to produce more. The Steam Link application continues to live on mobile devices and smart TVs, so it is not the end of the day, but this does not offer the same influence to mitigate latency as hardware with Ethernet cable. However, Valve offers an alternative and comes in the form of Raspberry Pi.
Sam Lantinga of Valve announced that the Steam Link app is now available in beta version on the Raspberry Pi 3 and 3 B +. Just make sure you are running the "Stretched" version of the Pi operating system which is the default anyway since August 2017 and place some lines. And voilà, it has a fully functional Steam Link box, easy to connect with a range of gamepads and for $ 35, probably much cheaper than updating your router for a game without stuttering. And, of course, the Raspberry Pi has a lot of uses besides being a game transmission box, too.