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.

Steam Deck Desktop

General
• Fixed close button on the Update News dialog starting at the top of the dialog, then moving down to the bottom when the content loaded
  
• Fixed issue where "Invite to Play" was not available in the Friends List for some games (e.g. CS:GO)
  
• Minor performance improvements when changing sections
  
• Remove notifications from the green envelope menu 48hrs after they've been viewed. Previously notifications were only removed after they were read. The rollups will still refer the user to unread notifications which can be viewed on the All Notifications page.
  


Game Notes
• Added setting to toggle spell-checking
  
• Temporarily disable spell-check when game notes are displayed in the overlay and are in pinned view
  


Screenshots Manager
• Fixed issue with list dropdown not scrolling correctly when there is not enough space to display all items
  
• Fixed issue where not all apps with screenshots might show in the list dropdown or where not all screenshots for a given app might show up in the list
  
• Display correct hotkey in screenshot explanation
  


Friends & Chat
• Fixed issue where going idle would cause Friends & Chat to reconnect when offline
  


In-Game Overlay
• Fixed issue where some Friends List actions would load a browser unintentionally (e.g. Join Game)
  
• Fixed issue where starting a game would load the Friends List actions from a previous session, causing soft-locks in some games.
  
• Fixed issue where View Game Info did not show a friend's game info dialog in the overlay
  
• Fixed bug where pinned windows were not the correct opacity when the game was started
  
• Fixed microtransaction browser not being centered in the overlay
  
• Added back option to use the Big Picture Mode overlay if a controller is connected, while in Desktop mode
  
• Added resize window gripper to lower right-hand corner of resizable popup windows
  


Big Picture Mode
• Search will now return tags in addition to games. You can search for categories like "Free to Play" or individual tags like "survival" or "zombies".
  
• Fixed achievements display in the overlay
  
• Enabled additional toast notifications that were previously on visible in Desktop mode
  


Steam Input
• Fixed Switch Pro Controller's Gyro Roll axis over-writing its Pitch axis and accelerometer readings.
  
• Ongoing rumble is now interrupted when switching away from the app that requested it.
  


Remote Play Together
• Fixed the remote player getting "host busy" dialog after the overlay is dismissed
  

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 graphics driver with a fix for a GPU crash in Splitgate
  

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.

Steam Deck Desktop

General
• Fixed big black rectangle sometimes showing up in small mode at start time.
  
• Fixed context menus sometimes getting squashed in small mode.
  


Steam Input
• Fix Right Trackpad Click in the controller binding listening page being bound to Left Stick Click.
  
• Improved digital navigation in GamePad Action Binding Tab when selecting LED Color Action.
  


Linux
• Steam will now use the system's global scale factor as configured in KDE/Gnome settings. Specifically org.gnome.desktop.interface/text-scaling-factor.
  
• Re-introduced GDK_SCALE as a fallback mechanism to compute the window scaling factor.
  
• Added a commandline switch to override the window scaling factor: "-forcedesktopscaling ".
  

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 library artwork not automatically updating in some cases
  
• Fixed some formatting issues on downloads page
  
• Made download throttle setting field honor the bits-per-second/bytes-per-second toggle setting
  
• Changed default display of download rate to bits per second.
  

Steam Deck Desktop

General
• Fixed issues with navigating forward and back when the client's start page is the Library
  
• Tweaked the order and presentation of some items in the account menu
  
• Fixed developer, publisher, and franchise links not working in game info panel
  
• LED Personalization now has has dedicated sub-page in Controller Calibration page
  
• Fixed issue where the cursor position would be reset in Game Notes after auto-saving
  
• Fixed the file picker dialog not showing any files when browsing for an app icon
  
• Fixed the Steam Runtime info dialog not showing any information
  
Friends List
• Fixed Friends List Send Trade Offer opening in the system browser
  
• Fixed Friends List Add to Favorites / Remove from Favorites not dismissing the context menu in some instances
  
Screenshot Manager
• Fixed screenshots failing to upload when certain privacy settings were selected
  
• Fixed UI glitch when deleting a local screenshot's caption
  
In-Game Overlay
• Added cloud sync status icon to Game Notes dialog. If there's a Steam Cloud conflict, clicking on that icon will display a cloud conflict resolution dialog.
  
• Fixed issue with Friends List context menu items not opening links in the overlay web browser (e.g. "View Profile" or "Send Trade Offer")
  
• Fixed issue where some dialogs were not appearing correctly (e.g. Invite Friend to Game, Add Friend, etc.)