Steam Deck News

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

• 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.
  

Steam Input

• Reduced lag when switching between pages in the "Edit Layout" view for configurations with large numbers of action sets/layers/mode-shifts
  

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

• Fixed a case where non-steam games could disappear from the library.
  
  

Library

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

Desktop Mode

• Fixed windows being able to set minimum sizes larger than their display dimensions.
  
• Possible fix for a case where the On-Screen Keyboard could break controller input in games using the desktop overlay.
  

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

• Fixed empty folders not being re-created when verifying a game installation.
  
• 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.
  

Desktop Mode

• Fixed the 'Add non steam game' option in the KDE right click context menu not automatically adding the selected application to the library.
  
• Allow the settings window to be resized.
  
• 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.
  
• Improved reliability of Back button