AMD Releases Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition: Streaming for Videos, Games, & VR

"Hey Radeon, Start Streaming": AMD Link's Voice Control and More

Like Radeon Overlay, AMD Link was introduced with the original Adrenalin Edition, and similarly brought together a lot of Radeon Software settings, offering a different kind of accessibility.

For Adrenalin 2019, AMD Link finally integrated WattMan controls, as we saw earlier. Aside from the game streaming functionalities, the other improvements look towards enabling it as a useful PC peripheral rather than just a tool for remote management, as it needs to be on the same wireless network as the paired PC.

The most interesting change is the new voice recognition, supporting English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin). With natural language commands, AMD Link will listen for certain keywords for select actions, which currently includes streaming/recording controls and displaying metrics.

The drawback is that a long-press on the app’s bottom navbar is needed to bring up the voice recognition screen in the first place, upon which instructions need to be prefaced with the word “Radeon.” Given the sometimes frenetic nature of streaming though, this might counteract the hands-free advantage of voice recognition.

There was also the new capability to remotely update Radeon Software to a new version with 'Express Upgrade', though because both mobile device and PC still need to be on the same wireless network, the applicability is somewhat limited in scope.

Otherwise, the new version of AMD Link sees improvements to connection reliability, where original AMD Link had a somewhat clunky reconnection process upon re-opening the app. For one, recently connected PCs are now listed on the Welcome screen rather than elsewhere in the settings. There is also an ‘Automatic Reconnect’ option as well, attempting to connect to the last known PC.

Performance metrics have also seen enhancements, now able to capture average/min/max framerates at a button press.

ReLive on AMD Link can now view screenshots and playback videos, as well as crop and save videos to the mobile device. These were not possible in the previous AMD Link versions, where the files were permanently on the PC with Radeon Software.

And more directly applicable for streamers using multiple devices, ReLive on AMD Link can now view the comment feed while streaming to YouTube, Twitch, or Facebook.