Home / Tech News / Featured Tech News / Valve’s Steam Link app is finally available for iOS

Valve’s Steam Link app is finally available for iOS

It has been almost one full year since Valve first announced that it would be bringing the Steam Link app to mobile devices. The Android launch went down swiftly without a hitch but for some reason, Apple took issue with Valve's app and withdrew its approval from the iOS App Store. We didn't know if Steam Link would ever gain approval for iOS, but that changed today.

The original Steam Link was a dedicated streaming box that you would plug into your TV and connect a controller to. The app works in the same way, granting users access to their Steam library to stream to an iPhone, iPad or Android device.

The Steam Link app has been available on Android for quite some time now but today, it finally became available on iOS. There is one notable difference though, the Android version gives you access to the Steam Store and supports buying new games, the iOS version does not.

This isn't too surprising and likely ties in to the ‘business conflicts' Apple first cited when withdrawing Valve's App Store approval.

KitGuru Says: There are other PC mirroring apps available on iOS, so the disapproval of Steam Link always baffled me. Better late than never though, I'll be giving the app a go at some point. Have many of you used the Steam Link app? Does it work well?

Become a Patron!

Check Also

PlayStation+ and Game Pass set to get price increases

The danger with subscription services is the ever looming threat of monthly price increases. As …

We've noticed that you are using an ad blocker.

Thank you for visiting KitGuru. Our news and reviews teams work hard to bring you the latest stories and finest, in-depth analysis.

We want to be as informative as possible – and to help our readers make the best buying decisions. The mechanism we use to run our business and pay some of the best journalists in the world, is advertising.

If you want to support KitGuru, then please add www.kitguru.net to your ad blocking whitelist or disable your adblocking software. It really makes a difference and allows us to continue creating the kind of content you really want to read.

It is important you know that we don’t run pop ups, pop unders, audio ads, code tracking ads or anything else that would interfere with the KitGuru experience. Adblockers can actually block some of our free content, such as galleries!