{"id":259911,"date":"2018-05-14T08:44:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T06:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=259911"},"modified":"2018-05-14T08:48:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T06:48:07","slug":"valve-activates-bluetooth-on-steam-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/259911-valve-activates-bluetooth-on-steam-controller.html","title":{"rendered":"Valve activates Bluetooth on Steam Controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valve&#8217;s latest beta client has activated the Bluetooth Low Energy <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/games\/353370\/announcements\/detail\/2503317299191608387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">functionality<\/a><\/strong> of the Steam Controller.<\/p>\n<p>This allows players to use the controller with Android and iOS devices once the upcoming Steam Link app is launched.<\/p>\n<p>The controller also features a wireless connection mode paired with a receiver that offers lower latency and a faster connection.<\/p>\n<p>When streaming games to Android or iOS devices following the launch of the Steam Link app, users will need to connect to their device using the Bluetooth functionality.<\/p>\n<p>Users who opt in to the latest Steam Client Beta can update the firmware for their device after connecting their Steam Controller to their PC.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/259573-steam-link-to-get-support-for-android-and-ios-devices.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Steam Link to get support for Android and iOS devices<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valve&#8217;s latest beta client has activated the Bluetooth Low Energy functionality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":128442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[50751,22957,18208,50753],"class_list":["post-259911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","tag-bluetooth-low-energy","tag-steam-controller","tag-valve","tag-wireless-receiver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259911"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259939,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259911\/revisions\/259939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}