Steam Deck News

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

General

• Fixed creation of erroneous steamwebhelper processes when steamwebhelper crashes
  
• Fixed on-screen text input to show the game in the background.
  
• Fixed EULA dialog extending off the screen
  
• Fixed friends list not showing which friend was selected
  

Desktop Mode

• Fixed user avatar in title bar momentarily switching back to default during startup.
  

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

General

• Fixed downloading content with long file names in some cases.
  
• Fixed a case where the client could get stuck in the shutting down screen.
  

Note: this client was re-released to fix excessive file access on shutdown.

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

General

• Fixed a case where no element would be selected in the UI when closing the quick access menu.
  

Desktop Mode

• Fixed a case where mouse click input could stop working when starting to drag operation on a steam window.
  

Preview Only

As part of today’s update, we are adding SteamOS Crash Report functionality. This feature is turned off by default – if you’d like to help us with collecting crash reports to continue improving SteamOS, please turn it on in Settings > System.

When this feature is enabled, if your Steam Deck crashes, it will send crash reports and system information to Valve (the next time it's connected to the internet). You will have granular control over what types of information will be sent in the settings for this feature (in Settings > System).

Thank you for helping us improve SteamOS.

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

General

• Fixed CD Keys popup not appearing during launch for games that request it.
  
• Fixed failing to switch to Japanese keyboard layout.
  
• Fixed some extraneous disk reads that could impact performance
  

Desktop UI

• Stopped showing ready-to-play icon on Recent Games shelf, which does not filter to ready-to-play.
  
• Fixed main Steam window re-opening when closed if small mode has been entered or exited
  
• Fixed Steam windows sometimes freezing until resized.