Valve activates bluetooth in Steam Controller
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Aura89
The stream controllers have been out for...how long? and they are now just activating the bluetooth in it?.......alright...?
Tripkebab
Obviously because they are now allowing you to stream to mobile device..
Fox2232
I already set up VPN. So steam thinks that I am on one network wherever I am.
Neo Cyrus
fantaskarsef
My question... why would they not activate this from the start, as it's a selling point of a controller to be run wireless?
Fox2232
fantaskarsef
schmidtbag
This doesn't make sense no matter which way you look at it. If they thought their own communication protocol was so superior, why would they ever bother including Bluetooth? If they didn't think this way, why didn't they just take the simple and easy way out where they only ship Bluetooth? I also don't get why they would keep Bluetooth "hidden" after all this time.
tunejunky
bluetooth is an open unlocked door into your house. granted, the range is short, but the exposure is huge.
i have a steam controller and their protocols are *superior* in every way to bluetooth.
bluetooth is a pox on technology...where you pay extra for CRAP audio and easy exploits.
tunejunky
schmidtbag
Denial
Fox2232
schmidtbag
Denial
Fox2232
schmidtbag
Fox2232
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0blivious
Bluetooth, when working perfectly, "barely" works so I would be shocked if their own wireless wasn't already far superior.
To me, bluetooth is mainly useful for wireless phone connections. File transfers are good for small files. Using bluetooth wireless computer components leaves much to be desired. Music through bluetooth sounds worse (in car, though a wireless speaker or on headphones). It pretty much always sounds better and is far more reliable through a wire.
Still, I'm glad we have a fairly universally adopted standard so we can do this wireless stuff at all. Someday, we'll get something better. I hope.