Steam Deck News

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

Steam Input

• Fixed forcefully updating controller layouts when a game using game-bundled Steam Input API configurations updates their official configuration
  

(This client was re-released a couple of hours later to fix a regression that caused some Steamworks enabled multiplayer game sessions to fail to connect)

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.

• Updated the graphics driver with performance improvements for STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor
  

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

• Fixed issue where selecting a group chat showed an endless loading throbber until another chat was selected
  
• Fixed a regression in the beta client causing notification toasts to not show while playing a game.
  
• Fixed 'Delete Proton Files' not cleaning files that contain : in the path
  

Desktop Mode

• Fixed a case where the per-app Steam Play compatibility tool override dropdown would not appear