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Steam Deck Beta Client Update: January 20th

[p]We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.[/p][p][/p][p]Steam Input[/p]
  • [p]Fixed the left/right trigger soft pull showing in the mode shift button dropdown as "none"[/p]
  • [p]Fixed the mode shift button sometimes not having a localization token in the summary page[/p]
  • [p]Fixed virtual menus showing as "Create Touch Menu" instead of "Touch Menu" in the summary page[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Gyro Drift Correction not saving to disc when Sleeping the console. Save now occurs during manual calibration.[/p]
  • [p]In Options->Controller->Calibration & Advanced Settings->Gyro Calibration, the gamepad Pitch, Yaw, and roll icon rotation now come from the internal quaternion that drives many of the new "Gyro to..." modes, and Steam Input api's GetMotionData. [/p]

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: January 17th

[p]We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.[/p][p][/p][p]General[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a rare crash when hotplugging a mouse and keyboard[/p]
  • [p]Improved caching of Soundtrack album covers in library[/p]
[p]Steam Input[/p]
  • [p]Added visualization of mode shifts to the Preview Layout page[/p]
  • [p]Added the ability to have a mode shift without needing to have a mode already on a source[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a case where mode shift bindings leftover from a bug in 2019 could activate a mode shift that was disabled in the UI[/p]
  • [p]Fixed detecting thumbsticks that have been mapped to a D-pad in controller setup[/p]

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: January 14th

[p]We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.[/p][p][/p][p]General[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a stall in games after taking a screenshot for users with very large numbers of local screenshots (10's of thousands)[/p]
  • [p]Fixed cases where repeatedly accessing the controller configurator in the overlay would leave extra instances of it in the backstack after exiting the game[/p]
  • [p]Allow child accounts to adjust the brightness of the screen[/p]
  • [p]Added "View In Library" to the context menu for games on the downloads page[/p]
  • [p]Clicking on the game image of the actively downloading item on the downloads page will now navigate to the game's library page.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a case where bluetooth devices would sometimes show as a generic device under Settings->Bluetooth instead of showing as their specific type (e.g. gamepad/headphones)[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a rare crash that could happen when scanning for WiFi devices under Settings->Internet[/p]
[p]Desktop Mode[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a case where navigation menus stopped showing after closing a game[/p]
[p][/p][p]Steam Input[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a case where the title of the configuration in the summary screen would break after making an edit[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a case where inputs with multiple bindings would show up as \[object] \[object] after removing a binding[/p]
  • [p]Fixed SIAPI trigger bindings sometimes not working when bound to buttons[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Gyro as Joystick mode ignoring sensitivity settings[/p]