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

• Added minimize and maximize buttons to the standalone tabbed browser
  
• Fixed "View Updated Items" context menu items in the Downloads section for games that have updated Workshop items
  
• Fixed sizing of the language dropdown for EULAs
  
• Fixed issue with selecting multiple screenshots in the new screenshot dialog
  
• Fixed issue where images in game notes would stick around on disk after they had been deleted from the notes themselves.
  
• Fixed issue that resulted in game notes showing with no titles when they were only images.
  
• Fixed issue with a black Library pane when starting Steam in small mode, but then switching to large mode
  

Linux

• Fixed issue preventing locally installed tools from being used as default steam play option
  

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 an issue where the main Steam window would be displayed, instead of minimized, when the computer started.
  
• Fixed an issue where the main Steam window would display a black page and was generally unresponsive, if it was closed after the main window was maximized.
  
• Fixed fullscreen video showing in the containing window rather than fullscreen
  
• Updated Screenshot Manager to support non-Steam games better.
  
• Added support for pasting images into Game Notes.
  
• Hide window resize gripper when in pinned mode.
  
• Fixed issue show "0" when there are no other users to compare your Achievements with.
  
• Fixed Issues with re-triggering the last requested rumble state when changing app focus.
  
• Reduced maximum individual SIAPI rumble requests from 10s down to 1.4 seconds.
  

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

• Add new notification indicators
  
• Fixed a navigation issue in the Quick Access Menu showing the last section, instead of the Performance section, when selecting the Battery icon in the header
  

Desktop Mode

• Fixed category capsules overflowing into the app details page when the window is very narrow
  
• Updated Controller Summary page so that it scales better at different sizes
  
• Fixed menu bar items not opening on hover when window was not focused.
  
• View All Achievements now shows the new Achievements panel that was previously only available in the in-game overlay
  
• Added new "In Progress" section to the Achievements panel, which also can be sorted.
  
• Made the Achievements panel pinnable and reduced its minimum size in the in-game overlay. Together with the new "In Progress" section, users can use this as a way to keep track of Achievements while in-game.
  
• Remove notifications 48 hours after they were viewed
  
• Add new notification bell in the header for Big Picture Mode (not yet available on Steam Deck)
  
• Fixed notification popups for family sharing and download events not appearing while in game
  
• Changed the text in the Hardware Information and Steam Runtime Information dialogs to be mouse selectable.
  

Steam Input

• Updated Controller Summary page so that it scales better at different sizes
  
• Added mouse position dialog to configurator w/ support for transparency to the game or using your screenshots for position
  
• Fixed a regression w/ exporting configs from recent beta
  

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.


Desktop Mode

• Fixed Steam overlay background and notifications sometimes not displaying or displaying at the wrong location or size.
  
• Fixed context menus sometimes opening at the wrong size.
  
• Dynamically update the UI's scaling factor when the system scaling setting changes.
  

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

• Restored display of Special Offers in the What's New section of the home screen.
  
• Added ability to filter Achievements list