The various Stream Deck models are extremely popular among content creators, but also among many other user profiles such as gamers, video editors, graphic designers, etc. either in your standard 15 key modelsmall and very practical Stream Deck Mini with six keys, or at the opposite end opulent Stream Deck XL with its 32 keys, this device has managed to hit the mark by fulfilling a function that has become essential for many of these creators due to the precise and simple control it provides them.

If you are not familiar with Stream Deck, you should know what it is console with several buttons (6, 15 or 32) that through its management software allows you to program them for the desired functions (both simple and macro), both from the operating system itself and, most importantly, from the applications we have installed. This allows creators to choose scenes, settings, video buffers and other elements during a live performance that they have previously configured in the software they use for their broadcast.

And if the existing models were already extremely practical, the introduction of a new one Stream Deck+ It’s not that it goes a step further in that sense, it’s that it chains a good handful of them together and provides much, much more precise control. And how do you get it? Well, it offers a control console consisting of eight programmable buttons, four infinity wheels and a multi-function touch screen.

Regarding the buttons, its control is similar to what we already know from previous versions, the big news is the four rotary controls and the screen. With regard to the former, and as with the buttons, we can assign them the function we want through the software and thanks to its infinite rotation, we will have very precise control over the level of settings of what we control with them. . To see what role each was assigned at any given time, the touch screen shows us both what we are setting and the setting level itself.

For this function alone, the Stream Dock+ screen would be most practical, but it can also be used switching simply by dragging your finger from one profile to another, how much we configured in the management software. For example, we can have a “page” with video settings, another with sound settings, a third with lighting settings, a fourth dedicated to visual effects… and so on, as many as we need. This feature has been available on previous Stream Deck models, but now that switching between them is as easy as sliding your finger across the touchscreen, it’s much, much more convenient.

As we’ve mentioned on more than one occasion, the various Stream Deck models are an excellent tool for content creators, but that doesn’t mean that’s the only user profile it’s aimed at that can take advantage of a streaming device. these properties. In fact, practically everyone finds a large number of uses for it on a daily basis, from the apps and games they use regularly, and control of home automation elements.

The Elgato Stream Dock+ console is already on sale on its manufacturer’s website and its price is €229.99.