THE STREAMER

ELGATO STREAM DECK MK2

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₹14,999 / amazon.in

You don’t need a Stream Deck to stream. But it makes your life a lot easier if you have one, because it enables you to automate pretty  much everything you do.

And it looks pretty great on your desk too, with a choice of white or black and lots of swappable face-plates available to order.

The standard Stream Deck connects via USB and has 15 programmable LCD buttons that you can use for whatever features you like, whether that’s triggering specific effects, launching and controlling media files or anything else that demands fast access. It works with Elgato Game Capture, OBS, Twitch, Twitter, YouTube and more, helping you concentrate on the content instead of the nuts and bolts of getting it out to your audience. And despite all those buttons it doesn’t take up lots of space, thanks to its comfortably angled stand.

One of the cleverest features here is the way you can turn buttons into folders, which enables you to have multiple commands assigned to the same button. You can also have different profiles for different apps, so you don’t have any superfluous tools in the way as you move from task to task.

You can even design your own icons for the keys, and there’s a large selection of plugins that enable you to use your Stream Deck with all kinds of apps – from Spotify to smart lights by Nanoleaf and Philips Hue. There are also some fun ones including voice modifiers, and to grab data from specific games such as Minecraft or Microsoft Flight Simulator.