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Steam Deck Beta Client Update: February 6th

[p]We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel. [/p][p][/p][p]General[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a rich presence related crash from yesterday's beta.[/p]
  • [p]Added a link to game notes to the "Your Stuff" section so they can be viewed outside of the overlay.[/p]
  • [p]Fix cases where long notes or very long text would break the layout of the game notes editor.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a bug where sometimes text input would not work from the keyboard after closing and then reopening the overlay.[/p]
  • [p]Improved the animations when opening the virtual keyboard on the game notes page in the overlay.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed some cases where input could lock up on the Virtual Keyboard.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed touch input not working when editing game notes.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed using the touchscreen to type into the Virtual Keyboard when editing game notes.[/p]

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: February 5th

[p]We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.[/p][p][/p][p]General[/p]
  • [p]HDR is no longer forced active on external displays (Steam Deck OLED)[/p]
  • [p]HDR on external displays can be persistently enabled / disabled (per display, via Display -> Advanced -> Enable HDR)[/p]
[p]Desktop Mode[/p]
  • [p]Improved preservation of display brightness when transitioning to desktop mode.[/p]
[p]Steam Input[/p]
  • [p]Added support for the Zuiki Mascon controllers for Nintendo Switch[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a case where controllers would be in the guide button chord config after disconnecting with the button held[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a case where the virtual menu screen in the configurator would stop displaying other settings after changing a binding[/p]
  • [p]Fixed some issues when using "Gyro to ..." modes with controllers with high gyroscope polling rates[/p]
  • [p]Added support to allow Mode Shifts to be activated using multiple buttons[/p]
  • [p]Fixed SteamController receiving random haptic events when playing No Man's Sky[/p]

Steam Deck Client Update: January 28th

[p]We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Stable channel.[/p][p][/p][p]General[/p]
  • [p]When reconnecting to Steam (including when resuming from suspend), in game notifications will no longer appear for friends currently in a game.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an error when accessing notes.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an error when receiving a voice chat invite.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed default startup animation when docked.[/p]
[p]Desktop Mode[/p]
  • [p]Fixed the refresh button on the server browser dialog needing to be scrolled into view.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed the Backup Game Files dialog sometimes failing to complete.[/p]
[p]Steam Input[/p]
  • [p]Fixed L3/R3 buttons not working on fightsticks or other devices that don't have left/right stick analog axes.[/p]
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