Elgato took a retractable spoke and pointed it at his Stream Deck, a button pad touted as a companion accessory for streamers, and the result is a smaller, more affordable version for broadcasters and creators.
The new Stream Deck Mini offers the same features as its big brother, it just has fewer buttons and costs less than $ 100. While the full-size Stream Deck has 15 buttons for streamers, the miniaturized version sports six. Each is planted on an LCD screen and they’re all fully customizable, allowing streamers and video producers to perform a host of functions quickly and easily.
“When Stream Deck launched a little over a year ago, it gave content creators access to a level of tactile control that was traditionally exclusive to mainstream entertainment broadcasters,” said Julian Fest. , vice president and general manager of Elgato. “Stream Deck Mini is every square inch. a flow platform. It retains all of the same functionality, in a smaller size and at a more affordable price. “
Users can program the buttons to perform various actions, such as playing GIFs and sound clips. It also comes with a selection of default shortcuts for popular streaming apps and integrates with OBS Studio, XSplit, Streamlabs, Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, Mixer, and more.
Setup is supposed to be straightforward – just drag and drop actions on the keys. You can assign ready-made icons to each LCD button or create your own. And if you want to mix things up, you can configure multiple actions on one button.
“If you think that pressing a key to perform an action is awesome, you’ll love multi-actions. That’s right: assign as many actions as you want to a single key and launch them all at once. One by one separated by intervals. Or together, simultaneously, ”Elgato explains.
The Stream Deck Mini is available now on Amazon or direct from Corsair (which recently acquired the games division of Elgato) for $ 99.95. It’s $ 50 cheaper than the 15-button Stream Deck.
