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SteamOS 3.6.16 Beta: End of the Line

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.

External Display
  • Fixed a system crash when hotplugging a second display in Desktop mode

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: October 2nd

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

General
  • Updated embedded Chromium build in Steam to 126.0.6478.183
  • Fixed games stored on an external drive still showing as available when the drive is removed.
  • Fixed some miscellaneous common crashes.
  • Make the enter action on the login password entry attempt to login rather than requiring navigation to the "submit" button.
  • Detecting and passing commands to an already running Steam client is significantly faster.
  • Improve compatibility for native titles that have not been reviewed yet by launching them in the same runtime environment as reviewed titles.


Game Recording
  • Added video previews to the Background Recording items in the media manager when hovering them with a mouse or focusing them in BPM.
  • Added video previews to the Background Recording items in the app details page's screenshot section when hovering them with a mouse or focusing them in BPM.
  • Added a setting to record microphone input alongside gameplay audio.
  • In per-game settings, add the ability to record a specified game indefinitely with no specified time limit.
  • Integrated the list of games where recording is disabled into the per-game settings.


Steam Input
  • Fixed crash occurring when querying community controller configurations in the configurator.


Note: This update was re-released October 3rd with the following additional change:
  • Fixed regression in beta that prevented game recording and remote play from using the GPU encoder.

SteamOS 3.6.15 Beta: Zoomer Edition

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
  • Fixed a crash when using the magnifier tool while game recording is active