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Local Streaming (Moonlight / Sunshine)
Local streaming sends games from your own gaming PC to the handheld over your home network, commonly with Moonlight and Sunshine. Because the “server” is your PC on your LAN, latency can be very low and there is no subscription — a handheld effectively becomes a wireless window into your desktop’s horsepower. It depends on owning a capable PC and a solid network, and it works best wired or on strong Wi-Fi, but for many people it is the best of both worlds inside the house.
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