Limelight Android v2.5.4.1

This is a root version update only. No changes have been made to the non-root version of Limelight in this release. See the previous release for a download of the non-root Limelight APK.

Mouse is implemented with support for the touchscreen as a touchpad or using a real mouse or touchpad. Keyboard support is also implemented. Pressing back/select and start together on your controller will bring up the Steam overlay. Streaming over the Internet is supported. A root version is provided which has vastly improved support for external mouse input.

General requirements for current APK:
Android 4.1 or higher
GeForce Experience 2.1.1+ with a GTX 600/700/800 GPU (GTX 600M/700M/800M also supported)
Steam
Xbox, PS3 (with SixAxis app), PS4, Moga (HID mode), Shield, or Ouya controller (other controllers may work too in HID mode)
Mid to high-end wireless router (preferably dual-band 802.11n or better)
Good wireless connection to your Android device

Changes:

• Add support for capturing keyboard and mice combo devices (like tablet docks)
• Fix an ANR that happened sometimes after ending the stream with a captured input device

Limelight Android v2.5.4

Mouse is implemented with support for the touchscreen as a touchpad or using a real mouse or touchpad. Keyboard support is also implemented. Pressing back/select and start together on your controller will bring up the Steam overlay. Streaming over the Internet is supported. A root version is provided which has vastly improved support for external mouse input.

General requirements for current APK:
Android 4.1 or higher
GeForce Experience 2.1.1+ with a GTX 600/700/800 GPU (GTX 600M/700M/800M also supported)
Steam
Xbox, PS3 (with SixAxis app), PS4, Moga (HID mode), Shield, or Ouya controller (other controllers may work too in HID mode)
Mid to high-end wireless router (preferably dual-band 802.11n or better)
Good wireless connection to your Android device

Changes:

• Add support for right clicking via a second tap while still touching the screen
• Add an option to disable connection status warnings

NOTE: A new root version is available that provides much better external mouse functionality.

Limelight Android v2.5.3.1

Mouse is implemented with support for the touchscreen as a touchpad or using a real mouse or touchpad. Keyboard support is also implemented. Pressing back/select and start together on your controller will bring up the Steam overlay. Streaming over the Internet is supported.

General requirements for current APK:
Android 4.1 or higher
GeForce Experience 2.1.1+ with a GTX 600/700/800 GPU (GTX 600M/700M/800M also supported)
Steam
Xbox, PS3 (with SixAxis app), PS4, Moga (HID mode), Shield, or Ouya controller (other controllers may work too in HID mode)
Mid to high-end wireless router (preferably dual-band 802.11n or better)
Good wireless connection to your Android device

Changes:

• Fix video decoding crash on Samsung Exynos 4 devices (Note II, Note 10.1, Note 8.0, Tab 3, and more)
• Improved analog stick dead zone behavior

Limelight Android v2.5.3

Mouse is implemented with support for the touchscreen as a touchpad or using a real mouse or touchpad. Keyboard support is also implemented. Pressing back/select and start together on your controller will bring up the Steam overlay. Streaming over the Internet is supported.

General requirements for current APK:
Android 4.1 or higher
GeForce Experience 2.1.1+ with a GTX 600/700/800 GPU (GTX 600M/700M/800M also supported)
Steam
Xbox, PS3 (with SixAxis app), PS4, Moga (HID mode), Shield, or Ouya controller (other controllers may work too in HID mode)
Mid to high-end wireless router (preferably dual-band 802.11n or better)
Good wireless connection to your Android device

Changes:

• Improve streaming reliability
• Lower stream bandwidth requirements slightly (no image quality reduction)
• Improve streaming performance over certain Internet connections that often reorder packets
• Fix a crash or corrupt image when using CPU decoding and video scaling is required
• ANR and crash bugfixes

Limelight Android v2.5.2.1

Mouse is implemented with support for the touchscreen as a touchpad or using a real mouse or touchpad. Keyboard support is also implemented. Pressing back/select and start together on your controller will bring up the Steam overlay. Streaming over the Internet is supported.

General requirements for current APK:
Android 4.1 or higher
GeForce Experience 2.1.1+ with a GTX 600/700/800 GPU (GTX 600M/700M/800M also supported)
Steam
Xbox, PS3 (with SixAxis app), PS4, Moga (HID mode), Shield, or Ouya controller (other controllers may work too in HID mode)
Mid to high-end wireless router (preferably dual-band 802.11n or better)
Good wireless connection to your Android device

v2.5.2.1

• Improve handling of packet loss on GFE 2.1.1

Limelight Android v2.5.2

Mouse is implemented with support for the touchscreen as a touchpad or using a real mouse or touchpad. Keyboard support is also implemented. Pressing back/select and start together on your controller will bring up the Steam overlay. Streaming over the Internet is supported.

General requirements for current APK:
Android 4.1 or higher
GeForce Experience 2.1.1+ with a GTX 600/700/800 GPU (GTX 600M/700M/800M also supported)
Steam
Xbox, PS3 (with SixAxis app), PS4, Moga (HID mode), Shield, or Ouya controller (other controllers may work too in HID mode)
Mid to high-end wireless router (preferably dual-band 802.11n or better)
Good wireless connection to your Android device

v2.5.2 - July 31, 2014

• Add support for GFE 2.1.1
• GFE 2.1.1 is now required for streaming with this version

Limelight Android v2.5.1.1

Mouse is implemented with support for the touchscreen as a touchpad or using a real mouse or touchpad. Keyboard support is also implemented. Pressing back/select and start together on your controller will bring up the Steam overlay. Streaming over the Internet is supported with GeForce Experience 2.0.

General requirements for current APK:
Android 4.1 or higher
GeForce Experience 2.0.1+ with a GTX 600/700/800 GPU (GTX 600M/700M/800M also supported)
Steam enrolled in beta updates
Xbox, PS3 (with SixAxis app), PS4, Moga (HID mode), Shield, or Ouya controller (other controllers may work too in HID mode)
Mid to high-end wireless router (preferably dual-band 802.11n or better)
Good wireless connection to your Android device

v2.5.1.1 - July 22, 2014

• Add support for ARMv8 and x86_64 devices
• Turn back on GFE streaming optimizations with a checkbox to disable in settings
• Fix hardware back buttons emulating the select button

Limelight Android v2.5.1

Mouse is implemented with support for the touchscreen as a touchpad or using a real mouse or touchpad. Keyboard support is also implemented. Pressing back/select and start together on your controller will bring up the Steam overlay. Streaming over the Internet is supported with GeForce Experience 2.0.

General requirements for current APK:
Android 4.1 or higher
GeForce Experience 2.0.1+ with a GTX 600/700/800 GPU (GTX 600M/700M/800M also supported)
Steam enrolled in beta updates
Xbox, PS3 (with SixAxis app), PS4, Moga (HID mode), Shield, or Ouya controller (other controllers may work too in HID mode)
Mid to high-end wireless router (preferably dual-band 802.11n or better)
Good wireless connection to your Android device

v2.5.1 - July 19, 2014

• Letterbox the video on 16:10 and 4:3 devices. The old fill-screen behavior is available with a checkbox in Streaming Settings
• Improve streaming performance
• Stop GFE from changing game settings when streaming
• Improve controller detection (please report bugs)

Limelight Android v2.5.0.5

Mouse is implemented with support for the touchscreen as a touchpad or using a real mouse or touchpad. Keyboard support is also implemented. Pressing back/select and start together on your controller will bring up the Steam overlay. Streaming over the Internet is supported with GeForce Experience 2.0.

General requirements for current APK:
Android 4.1 or higher
GeForce Experience 2.0.1+ with a GTX 600/700/800 GPU (GTX 600M/700M/800M also supported)
Steam enrolled in beta updates
Xbox, PS3 (with SixAxis app), PS4, Moga (HID mode), Shield, or Ouya controller (other controllers may work too in HID mode)
Mid to high-end wireless router (preferably dual-band 802.11n or better)
Good wireless connection to your Android device

v2.5.0.5 - July 13, 2014

• Added support for MIPS devices
• Reduce APK size by 67% by building smaller native libraries

v2.5.0.4 - July 12, 2014

• Fixed auto-discovery of GFE 2.1 machines
• Streaming performance optimizations
• Bug fixes

Limelight Android v2.5.0.4

Mouse is implemented with support for the touchscreen as a touchpad or using a real mouse or touchpad. Keyboard support is also implemented. Pressing back/select and start together on your controller will bring up the Steam overlay. Streaming over the Internet is supported with GeForce Experience 2.0.

General requirements for current APK:
Android 4.1 or higher
GeForce Experience 2.0.1+ with a GTX 600/700/800 GPU (GTX 600M/700M/800M also supported)
Steam enrolled in beta updates
Xbox, PS3 (with SixAxis app), PS4, Moga (HID mode), Shield, or Ouya controller (other controllers may work too in HID mode)
Mid to high-end wireless router (preferably dual-band 802.11n or better)
Good wireless connection to your Android device

v2.5 - July 5, 2014

• Autodiscovery of GameStream PCs on your network (no need for IP addresses anymore)
• Support for launching other apps besides Steam (and streaming without Steam installed at all)
• Apps on the PC can be quit from within Limelight
• Wake-On-LAN for local and remote PCs
• Remote streaming without having to reconfigure Limelight for streaming over the Internet

v2.5.0.1

• Added a missing permission

v2.5.0.4 - July 12, 2014

• Fixed auto-discovery of GFE 2.1 machines
• Streaming performance optimizations
• Bug fixes

GeForce Experience 2.0.1 is the minimum supported version for Limelight.