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TechAIGadgetsAI can push your Stream Deck buttons for youMCP support has arrived in Elgato’s Stream Deck 7.4 update.MCP support has arrived in Elgato’s Stream Deck 7.4 update.by Jess WeatherbedApr 1, 2026, 12:38 PM UTCLinkShareGiftIf you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.Photo by Dan Seifert / The VergeJess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews.If you’re tired of controlling Stream Deck devices by manually pushing buttons, then good news: Elgato will now let you delegate that task to a chatbot instead. The Stream Deck 7.4 software update released today introduces Model Context Protocol (MCP) support, allowing AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, and Nvidia G-Assist to find and activate Stream Deck actions on your behalf.“You still set up actions in Stream Deck app the same way you always have. MCP adds a new way to trigger them,” Elgato said in its announcement. “Once everything is connected, you can type or speak requests and your AI tool will trigger the matching Stream Deck action.”MCP – supported by companies like Microsoft, Anthropic, Figma, and Canva – is rapidly becoming the universal “USB cable” for artificial intelligence, allowing AI assistants to hook directly into third-party apps. The Elgato update essentially provides a hands-free way to trigger any macro commands assigned to ...