Steam Deck News

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

General

• Added support for Indonesian language.
  
• Fixed the "Processing Shaders" dialog flashing when launching a game.
  
• Fixed manual GPU clocks not getting applied when launching a game.
  
• Fixed screenshot notifications not showing up when a screenshot is taken.
  
• Fixed empty folders not being re-created when verifying a game installation.
  
• Fixed a case where a Library Folder could be forgotten when a drive was unplugged from the system.
  
• Fixed a case where non-steam games could disappear from the library.
  
• Fixed issue where some steam:// protocol handlers were not handled correctly due to case sensitivity. Example: steam://url/communityfilepage/ was not working correctly.
  
• Fixed issue with steam://connect/:/ was not handled.
  
• Fixed a case where the System Report upload process would proclaim success even though the operation failed.
  
• Added a "Save To Desktop" option to the System Report dialog.
  
• Fixed issue where the virtual keyboard was not showing when requested by the game in game mode.
  
• Fixed a case where the user would be prompted to install an OS update for a second time after switching between game mode and desktop mode.
  

Steam Input

• Fixed touchpad input when using the Victrix and Qanba PS4/PS5 arcade sticks
  
• Reduced lag when switching between pages in the "Edit Layout" view for configurations with large numbers of action sets/layers/mode-shifts
  
• Fixed the DualSense firmware update dialog from popping up when the controller was connected over Bluetooth and already up to date
  
• Added the ability to bind Steam Input API trigger actions to button inputs.
  

Steam Cloud

• Fixed a case where Steam Cloud saves could be synced to a computer that did not have the game installed if the game was available for streaming from another PC.
  

Remote Play

• Fixed controller buttons being stuck down.
  
• Added support for 4K high quality streaming presets.
  
• Fixed occasional crash directly launching a game from the Steam Link UI.
  
• Fixed device authorization dialog not showing if Steam Link connects while Steam is starting up.
  

Library

• Fixed some screenshot thumbnails on the activity feed not being properly obscured when marked as spoiler.
  

Desktop Mode

• Allow the settings window to be resized.
  
• Improved reliability of Back button.
  
• Adjusted the low battery notification for laptops/handheld PCs to only fire in the overlay or the main BPM window.
  
• Fixed windows being able to set minimum sizes larger than their display dimensions.
  
• Fixed clicking "Play Game" links in event news causing client popup windows to close.
  
• steamwebhelper support dialog is now shown if the main client window cannot be created at startup.
  
• Fixed switching from fullscreen to windowed mode when a full-screen video is dismissed.
  
• Fixed notifications stealing focus when shown in overlay.
  
• Fixed overlay freezing when a file dialog is shown.
  
• The overlay tabbed browser will now wait until the overlay has been activated for the first time before restoring saved tabs.
  
• Added an option to In Game settings that allows toggling whether overlay browser tabs will be restored when starting a game.
  
• Fixed a bug which could cause a server browser query to stop prematurely without pinging all of the servers.
  

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.

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

Desktop Mode

• Fixed a case where settings dialogs would appear when closing Big Picture mode.
  

Remote Play

• Fixed video never appearing while streaming on macOS
  

Steam Input

• Fixed rare case of newer inputs clobbering existing reports in flight
  

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.

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

General

• Fix the "Processing Shaders" dialog flashing when launching a game.
  
• Fix manual GPU clocks not getting applied when launching a game.
  
• Fix screenshot notifications not showing up when a screenshot is taken.
  

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.

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

Remote Play

• Fixed device authorization dialog not showing if Steam Link connects while Steam is starting up
  

Steam Input

• Added the ability to bind Steam Input API trigger actions to button inputs