Steam Deck News

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

General

• Moved 24hr time setting from Friends & Chat, as it is a duplicate of the one under General
  
• Stopped forcing 12-hour clock display if the user did not explicitly select the 24-hour clock. The default is locale dependent.
  
• Added hidden achievements summary to in-progress panel. It's always at the bottom and not sortable.
  
• Improved the "Invite Friend to Lobby" dialog to let you see your friend categories as well as put friends you're in-game or in voice chat with up top
  

Desktop Mode

General
• Fixed an issue where the main window would not appear after going from Desktop to BPM and then back to Desktop
  
• Removed warning for not being able to read the guide button
  
• Eliminated borders on main window when maximized
  
• Hide resize grips when a window is maximized
  
• Made the new Achievements panel display on top of the app details section, instead of a totally separate page
  
• Don't display in-progress panel if at 100% when showing achievements in app details (still shown in the in-game overlay).
  
• Fixed an issue where the navigation menu didn't update when the user's profile name changed
  
• Increased size of minimize/maximize/close buttons to better align with Windows styles.
  
• Improved alignment of top menu buttons.
  
• Increased hitbox for bottom bar buttons.
  


In-Game Overlay
• Fixed issue where notes would scroll back to the top when in pinned view.
  
• When displaying pinned panels from the overlay, hide the scrollbar rather than eliminating it so the width of the pinned elements don't change. Hide the window resize grip instead of eliminating it so the height doesn't change. These should keep the content that you see when the overlay is open aligned with the content you see pinned when it is closed.
  
• Don't display grabbers on achievements in the in-progress panel when pinned.
  


Notifications
• Added notifications settings for notifications which are shared across Desktop, Web, and Mobile. To change your settings visit the the View All notifications page and click the "Settings" button.
  
• Improved the View All notifications page navigation so the filters don't reset if you refresh the page or click a notification then go back to the list.
  
• Fixed issue where screenshot comment notifications were sometimes missing.
  

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

General

• Reduced the amount of time the Battery Full icon lingers in the header from 60s to 5s.
  
• Fixed manual proxy settings not applying to the integrated web browser.
  

Steam Input

• Reduced rumble request frequency - the requests over bluetooth may have been causing latency in some gyro over bluetooth setups.
  

Desktop Mode

• Fixed mouse input not working in the Store/Community pages on process startup.
  
• Fixed mouse input not working in the top area of the window when dpi scaling was enabled.
  

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

Desktop Mode

• Added minimize and maximize buttons to the standalone tabbed browser
  
• Fixed "View Updated Items" context menu items in the Downloads section for games that have updated Workshop items
  
• Fixed sizing of the language dropdown for EULAs
  
• Fixed issue with selecting multiple screenshots in the new screenshot dialog
  
• Fixed issue where images in game notes would stick around on disk after they had been deleted from the notes themselves.
  
• Fixed issue that resulted in game notes showing with no titles when they were only images.
  
• Fixed issue with a black Library pane when starting Steam in small mode, but then switching to large mode
  

Linux

• Fixed issue preventing locally installed tools from being used as default steam play option
  

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

Desktop Mode

• Fixed an issue where the main Steam window would be displayed, instead of minimized, when the computer started.
  
• Fixed an issue where the main Steam window would display a black page and was generally unresponsive, if it was closed after the main window was maximized.
  
• Fixed fullscreen video showing in the containing window rather than fullscreen
  
• Updated Screenshot Manager to support non-Steam games better.
  
• Added support for pasting images into Game Notes.
  
• Hide window resize gripper when in pinned mode.
  
• Fixed issue show "0" when there are no other users to compare your Achievements with.
  
• Fixed Issues with re-triggering the last requested rumble state when changing app focus.
  
• Reduced maximum individual SIAPI rumble requests from 10s down to 1.4 seconds.