After weeks of speculation I discovered why Valve is now liquidating their Steam Link hardware.
store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about
Valve turned Steam Link into an App that you can run on any AndroidTV, Tablet, Phone. (Android 5.0 and up required)
play.google.com/store/apps/deta … .steamlink
iOS support is not available yet, but still in the works. Valve is waiting on Apple to “accept” their app and change a few “rules” too.
You still need a controller or mouse/keyboard. Which is why the steam controllers are still available.
Valve added Bluetooth support (BLE) in May as well.
steamcommunity.com/games/353370 … 9191608387
You can get their Steam Controller for as little as $33 USD, during the Summer Sale. Of course, this will likely be the case during all future seasonal sales they have. So don’t worry if you missed it this go-round.