Amazon GameLift Streams

2026/07/23 - 2 updated api methods

Changes   GameLift Streams now supports configuring a custom aspect ratio per stream session to accommodate different player devices. Supported aspect ratios include landscape, portrait, and square - delivering a full-screen experience without letterboxing or cropping.

2026/07/17 - 4 updated api methods

Changes   Amazon GameLift Streams now supports assigning an IAM role to a stream session, enabling your application to securely access resources in your AWS account, such as Amazon S3 buckets and DynamoDB tables.

2026/07/01 - 1 new api methods

Changes   Added CreateStreamSessionAdminShell API operation to enable customers to establish secure terminal connections to the live runtime environment of streaming sessions for troubleshooting purposes.

2026/03/13 - 4 updated api methods

Changes   Feature launch that enables customers to connect streaming sessions to their own VPCs running in AWS.

2026/03/06 - 7 updated api methods

Changes   Added new Gen6 stream classes based on the EC2 G6f instance family. These stream classes provide cost-optimized options for streaming well-optimized or lower-fidelity games on Windows environments.

2025/12/17 - 9 updated api methods

Changes   Added new stream group operation parameters for scale-on-demand capacity with automatic prewarming. Added new Gen6 stream classes based on the EC2 G6 instance family. Added new StartStreamSession parameter for exposure of real-time performance stats to clients.

2025/10/28 - 4 updated api methods

Changes   Add stream group expiration date and expired status

2025/10/24 - 2 updated api methods

Changes   Add status reasons for TERMINATED stream sessions

2025/08/21 - 1 updated api methods

Changes   The default application in a stream group can now be changed at any time using UpdateStreamGroup to update the DefaultApplicationIdentifier.

2025/03/05 - 24 new api methods

Changes   New Service: Amazon GameLift Streams delivers low-latency game streaming from AWS global infrastructure to virtually any device with a browser at up to 1080p resolution and 60 fps.