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Steam Deck Beta Client Update: August 13th

Note: this beta was rereleased on August 14th with additional fixes for Steam Input and Remote Play

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.

General
  • Adults in Steam Families can now right click games in their library and allow/disallow those games for children with parental controls in their family. Also works with multiple games selected.
  • Fixed a rare bug that could result in SteamDeck failing to boot due to invalid symlinks in ~/.steam


Game Recording
  • Added support for disabling game recording on a per-game basis.
  • Fixed a rare crash on Steam Client shutdown.
  • Fixed an issue where the Jump 10 seconds forward/backward buttons could get stuck when viewing a clip or game recording


Steam Input
  • Reduced latency of Steam Input API Action Set/Action Set Layer commands. If any input issues are noticed in Steam Input API games please report them in the forums.
  • Reduced latency of Steam Input API rumble/haptics commands