Steam Deck News

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

General

• Fixed on-screen keyboard failing to hide fully after entering text in-game.
  

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Preview channel, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.

General

• Fixed a an issue with a rare session crash during early startup of ELDEN RING
  
• Fixed a general issue affecting all units on 3.6, and OLED units on 3.5, causing a slow memory leak during gameplay
  
• Fixed a DSP firmware crash with previous 3.6 versions that could result in internal sound disappearing until next reboot
  
• Improved responsiveness of session restart in case of session crashes caused by certain GPU errors
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause videos to stutter in titles such as BlazBlue Centralfiction
  

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Stable channel.

General

• Prevented some duplicate network traffic if ISteamInventory service calls are duplicated in error by Steamworks SDK games.
  

Steam Input

• Fixed missing input with some third party Nintendo Switch controllers.
  
• Fixed hang waiting for controller testing after initial setup.
  
• Fixed being unable to cancel initial controller setup.
  
• Fixed touch controller being unresponsive after changing mouse mode, or other settings in the Steam Link app.
  

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

General

• Prevented some duplicate network traffic if ISteamInventory service calls are duplicated in error by Steamworks SDK games
  

Steam Input

• Fixed missing input with some third party Nintendo Switch controllers
  
• Fixed hang waiting for controller testing after initial setup
  
• Fixed being unable to cancel initial controller setup
  
• Fixed touch controller being unresponsive after changing mouse mode, or other settings in the Steam Link app
  

Note: This update was re-released June 20th.

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Stable channel.

General

• Fixed in-game purchase browser not loading properly.
  

Linux

• Fixed disk write failures reported in the logs when starting games with the shader manager disabled.