- What's up guys, Pete
here from Gaming Careers
and in today's video,
we're looking at some
brand new streaming tech.
Now, Elgato, the company
behind the incredible popular
Stream Deck and Stream Deck Mini
have today released two new
versions of their Stream Deck,
the Stream Deck XL and Stream Deck Mobile.
I have been lucky enough
to have been able to use
and test both of these over
the last couple of weeks
and we'll be breaking down my thoughts
and everything you need to know about them
in this video.
For those of you that are
unaware, the Stream Deck
and the Stream Deck
Mini are USB controllers
with individually customizable keys
that allow you to easily
control your favorite tools
and platforms, making
things like changing scenes,
launching media, switching camera angles,
tweaking lighting, adjusting
audio, posting tweets.
Really, the possibilities are endless
as to what you can now
control with a Stream Deck.
With the immense growth in popularity
that streaming has had over the last year,
it's not surprising that Elgato
has broadened its Stream Deck lineup
by adding a product at either
end of the pricing spectrum,
a massive 32 key variant called the XL
and their new 15 key mobile app.
Let's start with the XL.
I think probably many people predicted
that Elgato would one day
release a larger Stream Deck
just due to the number
of streamers and creators
who are purchasing two or more
of the original Stream Decks
just so that they could have more actions
at their fingertips.
The button layout on the XL is eight wide
and four high, giving
you a whopping 32 keys
to customize and control.
In comparison, the original
Stream Deck has 15 keys
and the Stream Deck Mini has six.
In the box, you'll also
get a magnetic stand,
a USB-C to USB-A cable
an a quick start guide.
The unit itself is quite
large, it measures in
at 182 millimeters by 112
and 34 millimeters deep.
There's a new non-slip magnetic stand
which makes it easy to
prop the XL up at and angle
as it locks into place using some magnets.
But it also caters for those of you
that don't want to use a stand,
prefer to have your Stream Deck lying flat
at a similar angle to your keyboard.
This is different from
both previous versions
as the original Stream Deck
had an adjustable stand
that allowed for a few
different angels of stance
and the Mini came without an adjustable
or removable stand at all.
Another new thing is the
detachable braided cable
that was not included in
the previous versions.
Both the Stream Deck and the
Mini had fixed plastic cables
which caused some issues for users
that wanted to have their PCs
farther away from their desk
or maybe their Stream
Deck on the opposite side
of their desk to their PC
as the cable length was set.
With the XL you get a roughly five foot
or 150 centimeter cable,
which is USB-C to USB-A.
So if you do ever need something longer,
you could just buy a
different cable and use that.
Although there isn't technically
any new functionality
that has been released
with the Stream Deck XL,
there have been a lot of software updates
since the last video which I did last year
on the Stream Deck Mini.
These things are no longer just built for
and used by streamers.
Music producers, artists,
editors, content creators,
people from all kinds
of creative industries
are now using the Stream Deck
as part of their workflow.
Elgato has even opened up an SDK,
allowing external developers
to build integrations
for their Stream Deck.
So the amount of applications
you can now control
is incredible.
Before we get into the
pricing and availability,
let's take a quick look
at Stream Deck Mobile.
So Stream Deck Mobile is an app
that brings all of the
features of a Stream Deck
to your iPhone.
It has 15 customizable buttons,
so the same as the original Stream Deck,
and it connects to your
PC wirelessly over WiFi.
Similar apps to this have
existed for a little while.
In particular, I've talked about
the Streamlabs OBS Remote Control app
in a video before, which
allows you to control
some of the scenes and sources and audio
and things like this for Streamlabs OBS.
I haven't seen any apps
that have the same level
of functionality as this one.
You can literally do
anything that you can do
on a physical Stream Deck
with Stream Deck Mobile.
One of my first concerns
when I heard about the app
was that it would feel quite finicky
to use since you're pressing on a screen
rather than on a physical button
and that's something I've definitely felt
when using these other
apps that are available.
But it seems like Elgato
has also thought about that
and have integrated a very
slight haptic feedback
along with the visual feedback
to let you know that
you've pressed a button.
Now the app is currently for iOS only
and there's been no announcement
about an Android version,
which is obviously a bit of a shame,
especially for you Android users.
Hopefully if Stream Deck
Mobile does really well
on the App Store, Elgato will consider
building it for Android as well.
As I mentioned at the
beginning of the video,
this now builds out the Stream Deck family
to four products.
You have the original Stream Deck,
which usually retails for about $149,
you have the Stream Deck Mini,
which is usually about $99,
and then you have the two new ones.
So the Stream Deck XL
is gonna be retailing
for just under $250 and
the Stream Deck Mobile
is based on a subscription model
coming in at 2.99 per month or 24.99
for a full year of use.
So $250 for the XL, certainly not cheap.
It's a real investment and
it's probably out of budget
for a lot of streamers out there.
I think Elgato has probably built this
more for the partner level streamers,
people who are already making some money
through their stream
from subs and donations.
And would they be considering
getting two individual
Stream Decks just to
have more functionality
at their fingertips anyway?
If you were to get two Stream Decks,
that would set you back just
shy of $300 for 30 keys,
so I think the pricing of $250 for 32 keys
does many sense based on
the rest of their lineup.
The nice thing about
having multiple options now
in the Stream Deck family is
if an option is out of budget,
you can always just step
down to the one below it
all the way down to now a mobile app,
which is just $25 a year
for all of that same
functionality and control.
In terms of availability,
the new Stream Deck XL
is available through Amazon
in all of the usual Amazon stores
where Elgato products were sold.
So if you use the link at
the top of the description,
it should take you through
to your local Amazon store
where hopefully the
Stream Deck XL is in stock
for you to purchase if you'd like to.
Also, whenever I feature
a clip of my Stream Deck,
I always get asked the question
as to where I got my icons from,
and of course it's from my
friends over at Nerd or Die,
so I'll leave a link again
near the top of the description
to a massive pack, I think it's nearly 200
different icons that you
can download now for free
for your Stream Deck.
So as always, when a new product comes out
for the streaming market,
I really wanna hear
what you guys have to say
about these two new Stream Deck options.
Does the Stream Deck
XL appeal to you guys?
Massive 32 key variant,
but obviously quite high
price point as well.
And now that there's a mobile version
that comes in at a really low price point
of $25 for a year, are any of
you gonna be picking that up
and using that to improve
the quality of your streams?
Let me know what you guys think,
I'm always keen to hear other opinions,
especially on a brand new
product that's just come up.
And massive thanks as always
to the Gaming Careers patrons
this month, people that
keep the channel running,
allowing me to do this as my full time job
and keep creating these
tutorials and reviews
and guides for you guys.
So a massive thanks to
them and subscribers.
I'll see you in the next video.
Peace!
(low-fi beats)
