Windows 10’s native Beam support makes PC game streaming dead simple

After starting as a niche beloved only by the most hardcore geeks and gamers, broadcasting video games has finally hit the mainstream—so mainstream, in fact, that it’s now baked directly into Windows itself.

But while the Windows 10 Creators Update embraces the streaming craze, you won’t find support for Twitch or YouTube. Instead, the operating system offers native broadcasting support for Beam, the streaming service Microsoft acquired in late 2016. That may bum out streamers with audiences on established platforms, but what Beam lacks in users and features, it makes up for in sheer ease of use—something sorely lacking elsewhere.

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