Steam TV will expand to support “all games,” which sounds like competition for Twitch

As you might expect, Valve continues to have big plans for Steam, and the company has detailed some specific features to expect in the near future. Those include expansion into China, the long-awaited UI rework, and machine learning to help you find new stuff on the store. One of the most interesting of the eight new features outlined here is an expanded role for Steam TV, which makes it sound like Valve is building a Twitch competitor. Valve launched Steam TV as a specialised client to view Dota 2 tournaments, but the feature seemed like something that could be vastly expanded - and it will be. In the blog post, Valve says “We're working on expanding Steam TV beyond just broadcasting specific tournaments and special events, in order to support all games.” The Steam UI redesign continues to come in bits and pieces, and we’ll finally see the Library update soon. It’s “built on top of the technology we shipped in Steam Chat,” so that may offer a clue about what to expect - and there’s still more to come throughout the rest of the client, as well. Steam Chat will also get a separate mobile app for more portable messaging.

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