For pocket streamers
The world of video games has been completely revolutionized with the appearance of streamers. These users are dedicated to broadcasting their games live from their PCs or consoles, adding live comments and showing everything that happens in their game on the broadcast. But with the growth that smartphones have had in recent years, their graphic power has encouraged developers to create incredible mobile games that increasingly move more and more users around the world. And of course, the streamers also want to be there.
But, how to bring the image of your Smartphone to Twitch and broadcast at the same time with voice and monitoring of the chat? For that you need, in addition to skill, several accessories and a fairly complex configuration, but Sony has decided to make it easy for you with the Xperia Stream.
How does it work?
The Xperia Stream is a case-shaped accessory that attaches to the back of the Xperia 1 IV and connects to the phone via the USB port. Once placed, the user can enjoy various extra connections such as a 3.5mm headphone porta HDMI outputa USB-C port and a ethernet port. And why so much paraphernalia? If you are asking yourself this question, you may not be the target user of this product, since a streamer will know exactly what we mean.
With the mini-jack output you can connect a headset with a microphone to be able to speak live in the games, with the HDMI output you can take the image signal to a USB capture device to record your games at maximum resolution or take the image to streaming services. streaming like Twitch using a PC. The Ethernet port also shows the demanding profile for which the product is intended, since there is nothing like a cable to obtain the lowest latency when playing online.
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Another striking element of the product is that it has a integrated fan which is responsible for cooling the rear area of the terminal, thus maintaining a stable temperature that does not affect the performance of the equipment at times of maximum graphic demand. This fan can be controlled automatically through the official app of Game Enhancerwhere we can regulate the level of revolutions to our liking.
Can I use it on my phone?
Unfortunately the Xperia Stream is a product that is designed to be used only with the Xperia 1 IV, so it will not work on the iPhone or any other Android phone model. The product can be purchased separately or as a pack with the Xperia 1 IV Gaming Edition, so we’ll see if other manufacturers dare to copy the style of the product by launching a similar model.
In our opinion, we think that it lacks a couple of analog pads and action buttons to turn the phone into a full portable console, something that many would surely appreciate greatly.
For now, this Xperia Stream XQZ-GG01 It is only available in Japan, and we do not know for sure if it will ever reach the European market.
