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Pros: Easily set up a session by launching your game, going to your Friends List and right-clicking them to invite them to your game, and once they accept, you’re ready to play together. Through Steam Remote Play, you’d need no third-party software to handle the streaming for you as it’s like a convenient all-in-one thing.

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• The player is connected to the closest data center and the game is played from there. Your game is running on the player's home Xbox. The player connects directly to their home and the game is played from there. Some areas to consider around game streaming specifically for Project xCloud include: Title Availability.
•  Play games from your console straight to your phone or tablet over the internet with Xbox remote play. Play your Xbox games on phone and tablet Play games installed on your Xbox console, including Xbox Game Pass titles, to any compatible Android or iOS device.

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A Steam client update today has changed Steam's 'In-Home Streaming' feature to 'Steam Remote Play,' allowing games to be streamed from the storefront off the home network.

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Essentially, Steam In-Home Streaming has previously allowed Steam users to stream games across Steam clients on the same network - for example, a laptop could stream games from a gaming PC's Steam library if the two were on the same network.

Now, Steam Remote Play will allow Steam clients to stream games off one another from any location, 'as long as there is a good network connection on both sides and they are close to a Steam datacenter.'

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A Steam Link app is already available that allows streaming from a Steam client to phones, and appears to be compatible with the new separate-network feature.

This service brings Steam somewhat into line with other platforms such as Xbox, for which Microsoft revealed a feature at E3 2019 that allows streaming games from Xbox home consoles to smartphones and tablets.