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14 June

VirtualHere Introduces Xbox One Wireless Controller Support for Steam Link

Since its release last November, the Steam Link has connected thousands of people to the games they love with in-home streaming, leveraging the power of the PC in another room while gaming comfortably in front of the TV. Thanks to customer feedback, we’ve introduced support for things like 5.1 surround sound, USB headphones, and more. Most recently, we’ve partnered with VirtualHere to introduce add-on support for hundreds of additional USB devices with the use of their app by the same name. VirtualHere lets you operate your remote computer using any number of USB devices directly connected to your Steam Link.

VirtualHere offers other interesting features too, like remote access to software authorization devices, and USB-to-serial conversion. Get ready to dust off that old racing wheel and give it another go!

After running a successful single-device beta test in partnership with Steam Link, VirtualHere is now available for purchase on Steam. If you’ve found the beta as useful as we have, or are interested in giving it a shot, consider supporting VirtualHere with your purchase on Steam.

We are always looking out for ways to make the Steam Link better, and help partners bring you new features, so keep the feedback coming! Your input and ideas will help us continue to experiment, test, and improve all things Steam.

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About This Hardware

Stream your games to your TV with Steam Link

Simplicity

Setup is easy. Just connect your Steam Link to your TV and home network, where it will automatically discover any computer running Steam. All that’s left to do is grab your favorite controller, kick back, and enjoy your collection of games from the comfort of your couch.

Performance

Steam Link is designed to take advantage of the horsepower you already have in your home, streaming from your current gaming computer by mirroring its experience to your TV. Video and audio data is sent from your computer to the Steam Link, while your controller input is sent back in real time. Virtually every game that your computer runs can be played on your TV using Steam Link.

Hardware Specifications

Overview

1080p resolution at 60 FPS
Wired 100 Mbit/s Fast Ethernet and Wireless 802.11ac 2x2 (MIMO) networking abilities
3 USB 2.0 ports
Bluetooth 4.0
HDMI out
Supports Steam Controller (sold separately,) Xbox One or 360 Wired Controller, Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows, Logitech Wireless Gamepad F710, or keyboard and mouse

In-box

Steam Link
Power cable and adapter
HDMI 2.0 cable
Ethernet cable

Requirements

A host computer running SteamOS, or Steam Big Picture Mode on Windows Vista or newer, Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) or newer, Linux Ubuntu 12.04 or newer.
A TV or display capable of running at 720p or 1080p resolution
Any of the input devices listed above
Home network connectivity to both Steam Link and host computer.Wired network strongly recommended.

Steam Link Trailer
"Kung Fury" clip courtesy of Laser Unicorns

Steam Hardware Order Terms

1. Application of these terms
These terms supplement the terms of the Steam Subscriber Agreement (SSA) for orders of hardware products offered for direct purchase on Steam (“Hardware Products”). The terms of Sections 7 (Disclaimers; Limitation of Liability; No Guarantees) and 11 (Dispute Resolution; Binding Arbitration; Class Action Waiver) of the SSA that apply to Content and Services shall apply to Hardware Products by extension.

2. Preorder Payment
If you preorder a hardware product, Valve will charge the amount corresponding to your preorder immediately without waiting until the shipping date. You will receive a full refund if you cancel your order at any point before the shipping date.

3. Transport Costs and Taxes
All transport costs and taxes will be disclosed to you prior to purchase. If a Hardware Product shipment is returned to Valve because delivery to you has failed, you bear the cost of the failed delivery unless you have exercised your right to cancel (see below 4.) or the failure of delivery cannot be attributed to you.

4. Right to Cancel Your Order
You have the right to cancel any purchase of Hardware Products on Steam without giving any reason within 30 days from the day on which you or a third party indicated by you (other than the carrier) receives the goods purchased. To exercise this right, you must inform us of your decision to cancel your order by an unequivocal statement.

The easiest way to do this is by using the online button provided at help.steampowered.com. Simply log in there with your Steam user account, select the order you wish to cancel and the problem you are having, then press the button labeled “I’d like to request a refund”.

To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your cancellation message before the 30 days’ cancellation period has expired and then send back the goods by following the instructions provided to you no later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your cancellation to us.

Effects of cancellation
We will reimburse all payments received from you for the goods purchased and will also reimburse delivery charges for the least expensive type of delivery offered by us, no later than 14 days from the day on which we received the above communication. We will use the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise. In any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.

You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You may be liable if the value of the goods returned diminishes due to the handling of the goods (except when it was necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods).

We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest. If reimbursement occurs after the maximum time period mentioned above, the amount due to you will as of right be increased.

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Posted: 7 August

A great gadget this little device. The new firmware lets to assign a fixed IP (good adding). I'm glad with this adquisition. Not tested too much yet, but the first impressions after using it a few days were extremely good, considering its price, size and capabilities. I think very good price/quality relation. Well done Steam.

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Posted: 7 August

:) me encantó!

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Posted: 6 August

Love this device, works great... they just need to enable the option for doing this over the internet for those of us that have the bandwidth and latency to support it.

I'd love to have friends and family come over and use a lower end PC and run games as if they were at home!

Valve you're missing a huge oppertunity with people like myself on FIOS!

Make it happen...

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Posted: 6 August

i really like the steam link. it is fun to play on a tv and is way easier to play with friends.

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Posted: 6 August

I got my steam link just before Christmas 2015 and y first experience with the steam link was hit-and-miss, but I have recently come back to it after months and its a totally different experience, it just worked as expected, no crashes or issues. I was able to play for a whole evening with friends using the steam link over WiFi with no drops.

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Posted: 6 August

I use the steam link daily to play most of my games on my TV. I have it hard wired to my network with a small switcher that splits to my 4 other consoles. I haven't had much if any issues with it running and with the frequent updating I'm positive that most of the other issues that many other users are having will be solved soon. I plan on ordering one more for my bed room.

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Posted: 3 August

nice to be able to lay in bed and play some of your favorite games!

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Posted: 3 August

10/10 for watching movies from the pc on the tv's in my apartment.
Unless it crashes..
Or freezes..
Or makes the audio go missing..
Or lags so the sound for movies are displaced by 2-4 seconds..
Or ♥♥♥♥s up so I can't use mouse and keyboard along with it..
Or lags unless I use a wired connection even though running connection test says everything is perfect..

Other than that, best HDMI cable I've ever had!
At least I got it 30% off.

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Posted: 3 August

Works great! Set up instructions are easy to follow. I use it with a wireless Xbox 360 controller.
And as it says, wired internet connection is highly recommended!

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Posted: 2 August

♥♥♥♥ing awesome literally everything I ever needed in one little package. my only gripe, it forgets my wifi network :S I contacted steam support, will update this when case is updated.

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Spitfire.nl

764 products in account

53 reviews

Posted: 10 July

I love the Steam Link, it works so much smoother then the Intel NUC I was using before.
The Steam Link kills all possibilities of other programs and OS systems being obstructive while trying to stream your games.

Games run perfectly on a solid 60 fps with only 10ms max. latency on a wired network.

Together with the Steam Controller (which takes some getting used to) it's a killer solution for those controller enabled games to play in your living room.

Should have bought these pieces of hardware earlier :)

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Defsquad

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32 reviews

Posted: 27 July

This streaming box bridges the gap between TV and PC, and most of the time, does so with finesse. It's easy to setup and use, however, only those with a gutsy gaming PC and the right networking gear need apply big picture needs some improvement.

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Logic

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7 reviews

Posted: 12 July

Simple setup. I tested it out with Castle Crashers over wifi (802.11ac) using the Steam controller and it worked fine. Latency was reported as 2ms and was not noticable.

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BigBlueDinosaur

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33 reviews

Posted: 23 July

Works great. I use it wirelessly and haven't had any issues. Picture quality is excellent and setup was hassle free. Works flawlessly with Logitech wireless controller. The stream encoding chews some processing overhead, so you may lose a few fps in demanding games depending on your PC.

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DeZilla

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Posted: 19 July

While I do recommend this item, it should be noted that this is not for everyone, and most of the "not recomended" reviews are people who didn't bother checking if it was compatible/good for them.

Like mentioned at many places, it is important to have a reliable connection between the computer host and the Steam Link, which wired connection is simly the best option, else if you cannot deliver such connection, make sure to use a 5G Wifi connection and have it as close to the router as possible. If your connection setup is not reliable enough, the Steam Link is not for you.

Second, you also need a reliable computer which is capable of streaming your games. Usually, a decent GTX graphic card (or equivalent AMD) is good enough, but the best way to be sure, and what I highly recommend doing, is the following: Install steam on a secondary computer that is not your gaming/host computer, login with your same ID as your main computer and make sure the network connection is reliable (like mentioned earlier above), and give a try to the in-home streaming option which will automatically appear in your library (if you don't do something wrong that is). The experience you have while streaming your game should be the same as the Steam Link.

Last thing worth mentioning, it's always more reliable to just connect an HDMI cable to your computer to TV, and if you need a long cable you can just find 1 on eBay for much cheaper than the Steam Link, however, when your computer and TV is too far from eachothers, that's where the Steam Link is worth giving a try.

The Steam Link is a good product, the good setup does not come with it and you should plan that before buying it. It does what it says, it streams games from your computer.

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Slick Reed

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53 reviews

Posted: 12 July

awesome device when I dont want to sit at my desk to play a pad game.

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fak

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Posted: 2 August

♥♥♥♥ing awesome literally everything I ever needed in one little package. my only gripe, it forgets my wifi network :S I contacted steam support, will update this when case is updated.

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