Samsung integrates steam gaming gadget into TVs

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Television manufacturer Samsung is to partner with PC gaming giant Valve to integrate its Steam Link game streaming device into future TV sets.
Announced during the Steam Dev Days developer event in Seattle, the partnership means that in future, owners of new Samsung TVs will be able to stream video games and other content to their televisoin set directly from a computer situated within the same property.
The Steam Link was first released in November 2015 as part of a wider programme intended to make PC gaming a more intuitive living room option. Samsung already supplies Facebook’s Oculus VR with displays for use inside the Oculus Rift headset; Valve collaborated with HTC for the HTC Vive.
“Samsung went with them [rather than Valve going with Samsung],” Epic Games’ Sergey Galyonkin, one of the event’s attendees, wrote on Twitter. “I believe [Valve] will be happy with everyone else using their tech.”
INTEGRATED HOME
Unlike its current flagship phablet, this new range of Samsung products is meant to heat up to extremely high temperatures. Just 48 hours after being forced to cease production of the Galaxy Note 7 because its battery poses a fire hazard, Samsung has launched a new line of premium stove tops and ovens.
Samsung already makes a host of cutting-edge smart home kit — from TVs to fridges and freezers, but what makes the new Cooking line special is that they’re the first integrated ovens and stove tops to come from the company.
“We are excited to enter the built-in cooking category with the same level of innovation and design that we have in our freestanding appliances,” said John Herrington, Senior Vice President, General Manager of Home Appliance at Samsung. “2016 has seen over 1.2 million new housing starts and significant growth in home remodeling. This line-up of Samsung built-in products addresses the growing needs of these premium consumers.” The new ovens, which are going on sale in the US in November, are wi-fi compatible and Bluetooth-enabled so they can be turned on or off remotely, will connect to Samsung’s SmartThings IoT hub and can communicate with each other. For example, turning on the stove will automatically trigger the extractor hood to start.
The integrated wall ovens also boast some very professional features, such as the ability to cook two items in the same space at different temperatures, simultaneously — essentially meaning a double oven is now a triple oven without taking up more space. What’s more, they all come in a choice of classic polished stainless steel or Samsung’s black stainless finish so they should blend in rather than stand out in any modern kitchen. But they will have to look the part and really deliver top culinary results if they are to stand a serious chance of challenging the likes of Miele, De Dietrich and Bosch in the premium appliance sphere.