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Valve unleashes the power of Steam Mobile onto iOS & Android; currently in beta

By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, January 26th, 2012 at 12:55 PM
Steam Mobile iOS Android

Ask any PC gamer anywhere in the world what their favorite digital marketplace is and they’ll tell you without hesitation, “ORIGIN!” OK, that obviously wouldn’t be their answer. We all know Valve’s Steam digital marketplace is where it’s at with their insane amount of sales, ease of use, and supreme social networking abilities. And now, Valve has released an iOS & Android app that allows Steam users to take the service they love so much wherever they go.

Steam Mobile for iOS & Android allows Steam users to access the majority of the Steam service through their mobile devices. Users will be able to chat with friends, browse community groups, user profiles, view screenshots, and of course, keep up to date with all of Steam’s sales and purchase them straight from your iOS or Android device.

After playing around with the app for a bit this afternoon, I can tell you it acts very similarly to the Facebook app in terms of its overall usability. You can customize what section of the app greets you when you first start, and buying games on the service to be played on my PC or Mac is super easy. I did notice the chat function did have a bit of a lag compared to chatting on my computer, but I’m sure when users are out and about, they won’t even think twice about it.

The Steam Mobile app is currently in beta, which means you can certainly download the app right now, but you won’t be able to access the good stuff unless you receive a beta code from Valve. The app currently works very well, even though it’s in its beta phase, so I don’t see why Valve couldn’t release it to the public within a month.

Steam Mobile (FREE) – [iTunes Link] [Android Marketplace Link]

 

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Daniel Perez

Daniel is a Jersey boy, born and raised. He currently lives in the Northern NJ area, close to New York City. He prides himself in being known as a geek and knows his way around technology. He’s the kind of person that if he can’t figure out a solution to a tech problem, it’ll keep him up at night. Daniel has experience in editorial from his previous work with Ziff Davis Media. With a strong background in the journalism field, he’ll chime in from time to time on IntoMobile to share stories of interest with the IntoMobile readers.

  • http://www.gtdaily.net/?source=disqus George Tinari

    Nice.

  • http://digg.com/users/OmegaWolf Silver Fang

    Does that mean that people who install the Steam app on their phones could download the games to their phones? I’d love to play UT2004 on my Droid 2.

  • nobody

    No.

  • Daniel Perez

    As of now, Steam only allows users to initiate purchases from their phones, to which the purchases will automatically be downloaded on your PC or Mac that’s running Steam.