It supports inline media (GIFs! SoundCloud! YouTube!), encrypted voice chat and has both a browser-based client and a client built into Steam. It groups contacts by the game they’re playing, shows whether or not they’re currently in-game or in a match, offers easy access to your “favorite” contacts and allows for big group chats and persistent channels. The new Steam Chat, meanwhile, takes a huge step toward being a modern chat offering. At the time, it was a beta limited only to those who were granted access.Īs Devin put it when the beta features rolled out, the previous chat system “may as well be ICQ.” It was useful for a quick chats, but it felt much too limited for anything beyond that. Just a month ago, Valve announced Steam Chat - an overhaul to its aging chat system, and the company’s answer to rapidly growing competition from apps like Discord.
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