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Published: December 4, 2018 | Source: Steam | Author: Mark Campbell

Steam Link is now in Beta for the Raspberry Pi

Steam Link is now in Beta for the Raspberry Pi

Steam Link is now in Beta for the Raspberry Pi

Last month, Valve discontinued their Steam Link in-home Streaming hardware,  leaving the PC market devoid of Valve’s affordable streaming system once the product was sold out at retailers. 

Today, we can now see what may have been a factor behind this decision, a Valve project that would deliver Steam Link functionality to one of the computing market’s most affordable systems. Yes, Steam Link is coming to Raspberry Pi. 

Valve has released a beta version of their Steam Link Software for Raspberry Pi 3 and 3 B+ systems, providing users of the Raspbian Stretch, a Linux-based OS, the ability to download and run the application on their Pi. The Valve Steam Link app is currently available for free.   

Early users of the app have reported similar performance to Valve’s Steam Link hardware, with some reporting a little extra lag on the decoder side, something which is likely to be improved with future versions of the software. 
 

Steam Link is now in Beta for the Raspberry Pi  

While setting up Steam Link on a Raspberry Pi isn’t as convenient as hooking up Valve’s dedicated Steam Link hardware, it is undeniable that the Pi now stands as one of the cheapest options for Steam in-home Streaming. The Pi also offers several other advantages, such as its immense programmability, which will make the device useful for a large number of other applications.

More information about Valve’s Steam Link software for Raspberry Pi on the official Steam Link forums.  

You can join the discussion on the Steam Link App releasing for Raspberry Pi systems on the OC3D Forums. 

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