Streaming PC Games to Your Mobile Device
Streaming PC games to a smartphone or tablet has become increasingly popular. Thanks to the magic of streaming, what used to be confined to the computer screen can now be transmitted without much difficulty to the mobile device of your choice. The Remotr app, compatible with both iOS and Android, is one of the most important on the market, and its flexibility allows it to adapt to almost any title.
Few pleasures are as satisfying as flopping onto the couch or bed and playing something. Those with handheld consoles know exactly what I'm talking about, but the experience isn't limited to that. Laptops and wireless gamepads are equally valid for playing in a relaxed position, trying to leave the pressures of the day behind. Still, we've long dreamed of the possibility of "transmitting" games from one platform to another, turning our devices into "windows" capable of perfectly reproducing all the necessary commands. Not long ago, the Xbox One enabled streaming to Windows 10 PCs, but what we have here today focuses on PC games, sent to smartphones and tablets.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/y2oeiiJ3gOgHow Remotr Works
The key is Remotr, an app that started making its rounds in the middle of last year with limited Android support, but now you can download a client for iOS 8.0 or higher. Basically, Remotr works with a "streamer" installed on a PC running Windows 7 as a minimum, and the client you download on your mobile device. The computer will appear with its IP address in the client interface, and once the connection is made, the next step is to open one of the detected games. The folks at Remotr assure that streaming works with any game, and they offer a series of preset gestures to reproduce keyboard commands on the touch screen. Needless to say, you can customize this aspect to your liking, or go for the direct approach and use a gamepad.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/BNAmrHcyY_8In some titles, Remotr even enables the use of the accelerometer to send instructions to the game, and depending on each case, there's the option to play cooperative sessions using only tablets and smartphones. For now, Remotr is completely free, though it may incorporate in-app purchases in the future. Latency doesn't seem to be a problem with Remotr, but it's logical to recommend that users perform their streaming sessions on the fastest possible WiFi network.
