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 the main menu and quick access menus were not rendering properly after entering a PIN at the lock screen
  

Steam Input

• Minimum Rumble Sustain reverted from 3 seconds back to 10 seconds.
  
• Added gyro and accelerometer support for more third party Nintendo Switch controllers
  

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.