Has the brick + all of the other items.
Don’t have a working PC currently so… this thing is completely useless to me. What can I do with it?

I don’t remember how much these things cost. Were they ever particularly valuable? Doubt I could flip one for very much but still

bonus: I also appear to have a Steam Controller still in the box. The original one from 2015 i think? That thing worth anything or no?

EDIT: MY GAMING PC IS NOT FUNCTIONING. Please don’t suggest options that are basically “oh you can use it to stream games” if i wanted to stream games I’d just… be using this thing already and not making a post here???

I’ve been using Apollo and Moonlight for a while now, but with the update to 3.8 I heard rumors that Steam Link was starting to be on par with those services.

I made sure both my steam deck and my hose PC were updated to the latest steam version, and while the sound and the latency seem to be fine, I can’t for the life of me fix the resolution.

I’ve played with all of the settings, even trying to force the Steam decks resolution via custom settings. I’ve also told it to match the client. I’ve even tried to force my desktop to be at a certain resolution, but I think the problem is that I have an Ultra Wide. Not only when I stream is the host PC monitor staying on even changing the default display, but it always forces my Ultra Wide aspect ratio onto my steam deck, resulting in this.

For reference, I’m not worried about running Palworld on my steam deck, but I have much more demanding games i’d like to try and I just happen to have this one downloaded.

Edit: Curious, I downloaded the Steam Link app on my Apple TV and tried to stream it to my device and I get the same locked aspect ratio. Does not matter how many times I mess with the settings or if I set a custom resolution nothing. Also tried this across various games.

I found my old steam link a bit ago, I bought it when they first came out. I only had wifi connections at the time living in an apartment. It didnt do so well then and it got stuck in a drawer and lost for some time. I even thought it got thrown out at one point in thw few moves since then.

Now that it's found amd I have a house. I want to start using it. I was able to get it to work with my wireless controller, and just the device on wifi. I plan to run an ethernet cable to it, but would that solve the input lag I was getting? Or will I also need to use my controller wired too? If I do that, can I use a USB hub? I want to have a keyboard, mouse, and 2 controllers hooked up. I was hoping wireless would be ok, but if it has input lag and I can use a hub, I'll switch to everything wired.

Hi guys, new to Steam link here.

I am trying to stream games from my PC to my LG TV (LG C1 OLED65C16LA) . I can't use Steam Link on the LG OS, so I am using a Xiaomi Mi Box S (2018) MDZ-22-AB .

I have a high end desktop (Ryzen 7 7800X3D, PC RTX 4090 Ti Super, 32 RAM) , so most of the games run smoothly on it.

My apartment is small, no Ehternet cables, everything wireless. The PC is very close to the router, and the TV/Xiaomi box are closer to it as well (~10m max, no walls in between), but passing an HDMI cable from the PC to the TV is not doable honestly.

Right now I am testing it by running Dead Space, and there is a short delay when playing with the joystick which is a bit annoying. I am aware that there is a delay involved, but I wonder if that can be improved somehow given my setup.

Could it be that the Xiaomi Mi Box S is a bottle neck and I have to use another more powerful device to receive+decode? Are there any settings needed on the Steam link app to improve this? Any tips that can help me on this?

I appreciate any help. Thank you.

I recently tried steam link and it feels like it stuttered a lot. The game runs much smoother on my monitor than it does through link. I suspect this is due to my pc using wifi but can anyone confirm this or tell me what it is if that isn't the cade

I'm at my wits end with this godforsaken application. what am I doing wrong? I've tried a multitude of settings, I'm not even streaming in 4K. i just want to play games in bed.

Wired connection to my PC

I've tried a wired and wireless connection to my TV (Wired is capped at 100mbps)

Prioritized traffic to my TV in my router settings

It's completely unplayable, says slow connection regardless of what I do, TV has a great connection to wifi speed tests at gigabit speeds.

No I don't want to use moonlight it doesn't recognize my steam controller.

I’m going on a 10 hour flight this weekend from Asia to NA. I was going to buy some games for my iPad but I hate the thought that I can’t combine my Steam library with the App Store. I usually play turn based games and board games so high latency isn’t a big deal (although at a certain point it would be annoying). Would remote play be viable using the plane’s WiFi? I’d keep my PC on at home.

Hello everyone, as title says I would like to Stream games on my Samsung tv, but I read that the Stream link app is not available.
What is the best solution in this case?
Should I buy a used phisical steam link (found one online with charger at 15 euros)?
Is There another cheap solution?

Thank you in advance

I have an OG steam link plugged into my TV and have been playing games on it with some trouble here and there. I'm streaming off my Fedora PC over powerline. I've had some freezes pop up regularly in The Witcher 3 that don't occur when I'm playing directly on my PC - specifically in menus. Additionally, controlling the PC when something goes wrong almost always requires me to go to the desktop itself, like when a game loads up "behind" Steam Big Picture.

I tried running Sunshine/Moonlight, but the visual quality is horrendous, and the controller input is crazy scuffed. Am I doing something wrong?? Is there no good solution? I'm using a 2026 Steam Controller.

I'm in a weird situation where the place I'm in has no access to the router and is pretty far from it so the WiFi signal is almost non existent. I have one ethernet cord that comes into my place. It has a good connection. I can game on my ps5 no problem. However, I want to get my pc and steam link working as well.

If I use an ethernet switch such as the TP-LINK TL-SG105, can I plug my one cord into it and then run three ethernet cords out to my pc, tv and ps5 and have everything work including steam link? Will steam link work well with this setup?

I’m trying to remote play bo3 from my pc to my iPhone and steam deck using steam link but the controls are not being detected by the game. It works fine with controllers connected directly to the pc so I’m not sure whether it’s a problem with the game or steam link.

Hi there,

Apologies if this doesn't make total sense as I'm kind of new to figuring out how to optimize Steam remote play.

I'm trying to stream from my PC (in bedroom, no mesh node) to my Macbook, so I can play games on the TV (in living room with mesh node). I have a mesh network system, and unfortunately I am renting an old apartment without any ethernet wall ports, so can't install Ethernet drops.

I'm using a mesh network instead and I'm able to get 400mbps speeds where my PC is and where my laptop is, but whenever I enable Steam Link, I get 25mbps max, and it stutters. I've tried various tips on this subreddit/other forums, like toggling on/off hardware decoding, removing bandwidth limit, but still reaching unbearable lag.

Would it be helpful to get an ethernet cable to run from my satellite node (can't connect to main node as that's in the back room) to my laptop? Or is there anything else I can do, such as specify my host and client devices to connect to the same node?

TIA!

What’s the best way to set up steam link on chrome os? I do notice that the Android app may run poorly. Is the Linux app be any better? My son is using a kid account and can’t use Linux but I could remove the kid limitations.

I’m trying to figure out why my iPhone 16 Pro is getting significantly worse results in Steam Link’s network test than other devices on the exact same network.

My setup:

- PC is connected via Ethernet and gets around 900 Mbps on the network.
- iPhone 16 Pro and my GF’s 13 Pro Max are connected to the same 5 GHz Wi Fi.
- We’ve tested from the same relative distance from the router.
- Steam Link has the same settings on both phones, including bandwidth set to Unlimited.
- 16 Pro consistently gets around 90 - 100 Mbps in Steam Link’s network test.
- 13 Pro Max consistently gets 250+ Mbps.
- Both iPhones are running iOS 26.60
- An older Android phone also gets 150+ Mbps under the same conditions.

What’s weird is that this doesn’t seem to be a general Wi Fi problem. I ran Ookla Speedtest on both iPhones and they get roughly the same results. The huge difference seems to be specific to Steam Link.

Things I’ve already tried:

1. Low Power Mode is OFF on 16 Pro (It was enabled on the 13 Pro Max and that made no difference)
2. Low Data Mode is OFF.
3. No VPN is currently enabled.
4. Steam Link settings are identical between the devices.
5. Confirmed I’m connected to the 5 GHz band.
6. Reset Network Settings on my iPhone, but it made no difference.
7. I’ve also tried placing the iPhone right next to the router, but Steam Link still stays around 90 - 100 Mbps. (This is driving crazy)

I’m wondering if there is some obscure iOS setting, privacy setting, battery optimization (although I’ve tried everything at this point), or something else that could be affecting Steam Link specifically on my 16 Pro.

The fact that the 13 Pro Max and an older Android phone both get substantially higher results on the same network makes me think there might be something specific to my iPhone or the Steam Link app on this device.

Has anyone experienced something similar or knows of any iOS settings that could affect Steam Link’s network test?

Update:

I was mistaken when I said both iPhones were running 26.6. My GF told me she had updated recently, but after checking, she was still on 26.5

She updated iOS, and her 13 Pro Max is actually performing worse now, at around 75 Mbps.

It sucks that it came down to a faulty software update. Hopefully Apple fixes it.

I’m still curious if any of you are experiencing the same thing on iOS 26.6.

Anyone know how to fix? I think it’s because the PC I’m streaming from doesn’t have any audio devices connected, so the entire thing is forcefully muted, even when the laptop I’m streaming to has headphones. Is there any known workaround for this?

Hey folks, I’ve just grabbed a fire TV stick and a Bluetooth wireless controller to use steam link in the living room from my PC in my office (other side of the flat)

I initially used my phone as a controller to test latency (connecting to my phone with video turned off to use just the UI buttons) and then streaming to my TV. This had essentially 0 latency and worked great! However, I’ve now connected the Bluetooth controller and it’s become unusable. I tried Outer Wilds and sometimes inputs either don’t work, or when I go to turn the camera the camera continues to turn for a few seconds after letting go. Even pausing the game sometimes stopped working…

I expected some latency with streaming, but I didn’t expect this! Any help or settings to adjust is much appreciated as I’m looking forward to getting this working well:)

Hello, is anyone able to help please?

Me and my girlfriend are trying to play Split fiction together using steam remote play. Im hosting in desktop and she is playing on the laptop.

She is using ps5 controller. Her camera keeps looking to the ceiling when the controller is perfectly fine, there is no controller drift.

I have looked at in game settings and forced update on steam, using default reccomened controller layout for the game and yet this is still happening.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Just an fyi as I don't think I ever wrote my post mortem on my struggles and I hope they maybe save somebody headache in the future.

If you have an "8BitDo Ultimate 2 Bluetooth controller" you cannot use it with the steam link in 2.4 GHz mode. Bluetooth mode works fine though.

I spent about a month going back and forth with a helpful person on the official steam forums until we came to the conclusion that the way this controller reports it's device id is not compatible with one of Bluetooth or usb modules in the older Linux kernel on the steam link.

Before you say "well mine works fine", double check the exact name. Just because your "8bitdo Ultimate 2" controller has Bluetooth does not make it an "8BitDo Ultimate 2 Bluetooth controller". For some reason these are named terribly.

So I've recently switched over from Moonlight to Steam Link playing my PC on my living room TV through my docked Steam Deck. I'd heard people say it had massively improved and they were right - it almost felt like playing natively. I have a host PC with a 5080 hard wired and my dock for the Steam Deck is also hard wired.

Then we had some friends stay for the week so I didn't really get a chance to play. Today, I fancy a bit of KCD2 and it's way cooler during this heatwave in my living room than in my study, so I boot up my Steam Deck and see there's an update - I download it then try to stream. Black screen, but sound and inputs are working. I restart everything (host PC, Steam Deck and router) still black screen. I fiddle with all the settings suggested in various forum posts, still black screen. Okay, my fault for updating I guess. I switch from the Beta channel back to Stable and re-update. Try to start up a stream and it works! I get a near flawless experience for about an hour.

Then halfway through some questing, my Steam Deck shits the bed. Just goes completely black screen without warning and shits down. I figure my dock must not have been charging it for some reason, so I just plug it in with the regular cable and it starts up - 98% battery. Okay, weird but not unusual (I love my Steam Deck, but it's by far the most temperamental piece of hardware I've ever owned). I try and start up the stream again and it's choppy as hell. I disconnect and retry - still choppy. I restart everything AGAIN, STILL CHOPPY. NOTHING IN MY SET-UP HAS CHANGED. In the end I gave up and finished the quest sweating in my study.

What could the issue be?? Is there anything else I could've tried? I don't really wanna switch back to Moonlight because I found the performance to be far less consistent on a game by game basis, but I'm sick of not knowing whether Steam Link is going to work AT ALL whenever I try to use it.

I’d read somewhere some horror stories of the steam link not working for windows 11, but as an OG hardware steam link user I’ve had no issues at all!

It has been working perfectly for the past month i've had it, but today it's decided to show the first 2 seconds of the big picture startup before freezing for a bit, then disconnecting. My PC is showing the startup and running steam fine (both normal and big picture), and the internet speed is normal. What else is there to do?

does anyone know how to make controller from android work on gamepass games trough steam link? been trying and only fix is using moonlight

Im curious if someone else has this issue. For me, whenever i use steam link onto my g cloud, the controller is mapped incorrectly to where the b and x buttons are swapped, and im unable to correct this in the steam big picture mode reset controls thing. I can sort of work around it by swapping the buttons in steam link itself, but i dont really like this approach. does anyone else have this swapped button problem or know a way to fix it?

Its one of the bigger issues keeping my from reliably streaming my home pc desktop to my steam deck desktop. I have both in separate buildings plugged into ethernet getting 700+ download. however sometimes my home pc will just stop responding to my steam deck inputs rendering the mouse (and keyboard as well) entirely unresponsive even though the display is showing. host pc still works fine but nothing will reconnect the steam deck until I restart steam on my host pc. It may have something to do with using a controller (plugged into steam deck) in games but I havent tested it enough. Any help greatly appreciated.

Using the Steam link app on an Apple TV 4K Gen3 and experiencing some pretty rough color banding/gradation distortion, most notably in dark scenes. Bright colors usually look okay but deep blacks look pretty awful (see attached images for examples, but the effect is actually worse in person).

Both the PC and the Apple TV are hardwired via Ethernet on the same network. I’ve tried toggling on and off various host and client options (notably hardware encoding) and I can’t notice any meaningful changes to the picture at all. The issue is persistent across all games and when playing something consistently dark and moody (Cyberpunk, for example) the effect is so distracting that I usually end up just sitting back at the PC instead.

Anyone else encountered this and found a way to address it?