Of all of the chat shoppers and apps and websites I exploit throughout my skilled and private lives, Steam is the one one which hasn’t lived on my pocket phone as a result of, nicely, the Steam cellular app is fairly bleh. Reader expensive, fret no extra about lacking Dota invites or complicated late-night messages from folks you used to play a game with however can’t keep in mind which one: Steam Chat has a shiny new devoted cellular app. Available now on Android and Apple technoslabs, it’s, like, the new Steam client chat however in your pocket.
You can obtain the Steam Chat app free from Google Play and the Apple App Store now.
The Steam Chat cellular app is just like its latest Discord-ian desktop revamp. Along with sending phrases to a pal like an previous fuddy-duddy, you may embed images and pictures out of your cellphone, ship daffy transferring photographs off Giphy, spontaneously begin group chats, and so forth.
The app doesn’t at present have voice chat, although Valve say they’re “already working on” it.
Valve are additionally planning to make the common Steam app much less of a chuffing nuisance.
“With Steam Chat moving to its own dedicated app, the original Steam Mobile app will see significant upgrades focused on account security,” they say. “Our plans include better Steam Guard options to help securely log into your Steam account, such as QR codes and one-touch login, and improved app navigation.”
I’ve put in Steam Chat on my pocket phone and now dread receiving these 2am messages. You have been a good friend of a good friend, proper, and that one time we… even when I did keep in mind who you have been, it wouldn’t clarify what the hell you’re speaking about now. But I can’t unfriend you as a result of I’m FASCINATED.
