{"id":67048,"date":"2014-05-21T22:51:09","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T20:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=67048"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:40:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:40:51","slug":"steam-in-home-streaming-out-of-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/steam-in-home-streaming-out-of-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam in-home streaming available to all"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest Steam update includes the much anticipated in-home streaming feature. Game streaming has been part of the experimental beta version of Steam for a while, but is now stable enough for everyone to enjoy.<\/p>\n

Steam in-home streaming allows you to stream certain games over your home network to play on another computer. This means your powerful gaming PC can stream games to a less powerful computer. The feature supports Windows, OS X, and even Linux. Valve’s SteamOS is also supported, of course.<\/p>\n

Steam isn’t the first to provide game streaming. NVIDIA GameStream<\/a> technology allows PC users to stream games to their NVIDIA SHIELD consoles. GameStream is actually more powerful than Steam as it allows players to stream games from any internet connection.<\/p>\n

I had a chance to try out Steam in-home streaming at this year’s Game Developer Conference and was surprised how fluid everything was. DiRT 3<\/a> ran smoothly and control input never lagged. Low latency for controls is especially important for racing games.<\/p>\n

You can try out Steam in-home streaming for yourself by having the latest version of Steam installed on two computers on your home network.<\/p>\n

Download Steam: Windows<\/a> | Mac<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Source: Steam<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Follow Lewis on Twitter @lewisleong<\/a><\/p>\n

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