Steam Deck News

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

General

• Fixed a crash when removing a non-Steam game from a parental controlled account
  

Steam Input

• Reduce CPU usage when using both Gyro and Joystick or Trackpad for mouse input
  

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.

Bluetooth

• Fixed a 3.6 regression with the Steam Controller and some other third-party controllers causing session crashes
  
• Fixed an issue where Bluetooth peripherals would disconnect on session switch
  

Display

• Fixed an issue where the internal display could remain blank after disconnecting an external display
  
• Fixed a 3.6 regression where the selected refresh rate setting would sometimes not apply immediately

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
  

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.

General

• Improved recovery from situations where the Steam installation could get corrupted
  
• Fixed the frame limiter not properly applying in certain situations
  
• Fixed certain specific refresh rates failing to apply on the OLED Limited Edition model
  
• Fixed an issue where block corruption could appear on screen on certain state transitions
  
• Slightly improved cold boot time
  
• Fixed an issue where updating the built-in controller firmware could result in a blank screen during boot
  
• Fixed rare situations where switching to Desktop Mode or back could result in a blank screen, or wrong colors
  
• Fixed a regression with Simplified Chinese IME
  
• Fixed a rare issue where sound output could be corrupted on certain boots
  
• Fixed Zenity dialog boxes in Desktop Mode
  
• openssh: Fix remote code execution bug (CVE-2024-6387)
  

External Display

• Fixed several issues where an external display could remain blank after resuming
  
• Fixed an issue where an external display could remain blank if its mode required chroma subsampling

Input

• Fixed an issue where DualShock 4 and DualSense controllers would sometimes not function properly on their first connection
  
• Added support for the ASUS ROG Raikiri Pro controller
  
• Added support for the Machenike G5 Pro controller
  
• Fixed calibration on some third-party DualShock 4 controllers
  
• Added support for the Steam Deck motion sensors to the built-in non-Steam kernel driver
  
• Added support for extra ROG Ally keys

OLED firmware 112

• Added support for the Windows Bluetooth driver