Steam Link App Will Let You Play PC Games on Mobile Devices

Your Steam library will soon be playable on mobile devices.

Valve on Wednesday announced plans to launch a free app called Steam Link, which volition permit you play PC games on iOS and Android devices. That includes Android phones, tablets, and TVs likewise as iPhones, iPads, and Apple tree Idiot box.

Your mobile device will need to be continued to a host Mac or PC via 5Ghz wireless or wired Ethernet for it to work. The app volition back up Steam and MFI controllers across both platforms.

Steam Link is slated to make it the week of May 21.

Besides that, Valve tipped another free app called Steam Video, which will let you watch the "thousands of movies and shows available on Steam" on your iOS or Android device over Wi-Fi or LTE. That app is expected to launch "after this summer."

"In direct response to client feedback, it will offer the ability to enjoy content in offline and streaming modes," Valve wrote.

Meanwhile, if you've been thinking about purchasing something new on Steam, you might want to hold off because the Summer Sale is coming. Marker your calendars: Rumor has it the sale will kick off on Thursday, June 21.

If the date is correct, which seems likely given that terminal year'southward sale started on June 22, we accept just six weeks until Steam game prices tumble. Concluding year the sale ran for 13 days, ending on July 5. During the auction, we could see discounts of upwards to 90 percent on highly-desirable titles.

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