Steam Broadcasting now in beta

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Starting today on Steam, users can watch their friends play games through the new Steam Broadcasting feature that is now in beta.

Steam users can watch their friends play by clicking on "Watch Game" on their profile or via their Friend's list.

On the Steam Broadcasting page it states that both you and your friend need to opt into the Steam Client Beta.

To try out Broadcasting now, both you and your friends need to opt into the Steam Client Beta. In the Steam client main menu, select Settings > Account and change your "Beta Participation" to "Steam Beta Update".

You can head over to the Steam Broadcasting page for more information.

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Posted: Dec 02, 2014 5:03 pm
Related Forum: PC Gaming Forum

Comments

XboxPosted: Wed. Dec 10, 2014

i like this idea it sounds cool.

OverlapPosted: Wed. Dec 10, 2014

Pretty neat idea, i dont think it could ever compete with twitch thoug.h

21Posted: Wed. Dec 10, 2014

Nice addition IMHO. I don't understand why people think it was released to compete with twitch, it wasn't.

QuitePosted: Sun. Dec 07, 2014

Not sure it will pay off ill stay with twitch,

JoshPosted: Sun. Dec 07, 2014

I like this feature, a lot easier to watch game play on the computer!

NukaPosted: Sun. Dec 07, 2014

This is definitively cool! Don't think it can compete against Twitch though..

YuiPosted: Fri. Dec 05, 2014

I saw this feature, if you can actually do this now i'm gonna try it when I can.

CraigPosted: Fri. Dec 05, 2014

Not sure about this, but only time will tell if it's worth their effort.

NotePosted: Thu. Dec 04, 2014

Tend I hope the quality will be decent.

The quality is determined by your internet's upload speed.

21Posted: Thu. Dec 04, 2014

This is pretty cool, nice idea. Streaming and similar stuff is getting really popular and I don't understand it, but this is a pretty cool addition IMHO.

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