A Stream Deck for Streamers

Print

Elgato announces a controller for streamers of all kinds-- the Stream Deck is a hardware device with 15 keys for users to access shortcuts to programs or features.

Elgato Stream DeckThe Stream Deck connects to PCs via USB 2.0 and essentially is a miniature TV studio control board. Each of the 15 buttons has a tiny LCD display, allowing customisation with different icons for different functions. In total the Stream Deck handles up to 210 actions per configuration, since one can organise shortcuts into folders with the companion Stream Deck app.

On launch the device supports a variety of popular streaming services, including Twitch, Twitter, OBS, Tipeeestream and Elgato's Game Capture. One can also set shortcuts for different gifs, images, videos, graphics and audio clips, as well as lower-thirds captions, intros or end sequences. Elgato says it is even automatically detects scenes, media and sources.

The Stream Deck is compatible with Windows and macOS PCs, and should ship from May 2017.

Go Elgato Stream Deck