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.

General

• Fixed issue where inviting a user to a game would cause the overlay UI to soft-lock.
  
• Fixed second achievements progress bar not being filled in when comparing achievements with a friend.
  
• Fixed sharing screenshots not working properly.
  

Desktop Mode

• Fixed an issue where the system tray menu and Steam menus could open in the incorrect direction for certain monitor configurations.
  
• Fixed a rare crash when using SteamVR.
  
• Fixed videos continuing to play in browsers when window is minimized or closed.
  
• Fixed page erroneously scrolling up when clicking certain parts of the advanced app filter pane.
  
• Fixed overlay scaling when Steam display scaling setting disabled
  
• Fixed case where a game would shell execute steam://store/ to open a browser to their store page, but the overlay was not activated.
  

Steam Input

• Gyro calibration now uses a time window to calibrate (5s), rather than a fixed number of samples (since Dualsense is now being sampled at 800hz, and could potentially autocalibrate over too short a period).
  

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 DualSense controllers would not work properly when hotplugged
  

Desktop Mode

• Added ability to clear in-game overlay data in a game's Properties > General settings.
  
• Fixed issue where the modal file browser was appearing behind other windows in the in-game overlay. This was causing some soft-locks of the overlay, especially combined with the fact that URLs for the open ed tabs are saved between sessions.
  
• Fixed weird scroll behavior in the Achievements popup.
  
• Fixed issue where executing steam://url/ would not bring the main window into focus.
  

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.

Note: this update was re-released to:

• Fix a potential crash when a window is created in Desktop Mode.
  

Steam Input

• Fix for stuttery output on DualSense over Bluetooth when using Gyro->As Joystick Output to Sticks (Was previously fixed for output to mouse only).
  

Desktop Mode

• Fixed small mode missing client update information
  
• Fixed several issues related to the navigation backstack not working properly.
  
• Fixed systray menu opening at wrong location for certain Windows scaling settings or when scaling is disabled in Steam
  
• Fixed Steam client window rendering at wrong scale after exiting Big Picture Mode when scaling is disabled
  
• Fixed some popup windows maximizing incorrectly
  
• Fixed crash when trying to load an empty URL in the tabbed browser window
  
• Improved performance of the Achievements panel for games with thousands of achievements
  
• Fixed game list sometimes incorrectly scrolling to top when selecting a game
  
• Fixed a case where a steam window would incorrectly steal input focus.
  

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 some multiplayer issues with games that use Steam Networking.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented multiple DualShock 4 controllers from being connected at the same time.
  
• Fixed a rare crash when rendering an invalid texture.
  

Steam Input

• Fixes for Gyro -> Joystick (Steering/Yoke) mode:
  
• Restored drift toward average heading on gyro on the Steam Controller only.
  
• Restored: zero heading when pressing the controller's "Guide" button (or switching app generally). These will have no effect on Gyro as Mouse or Gyro as Joystick.
  
• Fixed Nintendo controller gyro sensitivity
  

Desktop Mode

• Fixed missing animation for rare achievements on the game details page.
  
• Fixed last game in the Storage Manager being cut off at the bottom of the scrollable list.
  
• Fixed issue where double-clicking on the Steam icon in the system tray would enter large mode, even if it wasn't required. If the start page is set to something that requires large mode (except for Store), and the UI is in small mode, double-clicking will enter large mode.
  
• Fixed regression where the Friends List was opening, even when the setting to disable chat sign-in at startup was turned off.