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:

Steam Input

• Improved navigation in the configurator when navigating from the Preview screen. Repeatedly going to Preview then an input will no longer build up loops in the back stack and you can now go back with a single B button press if you've not interacted with the left column.
  
• Fixed detecting controllers using the Xbox Enhanced Feature Support driver
  
• Fixed changing effects on PS4 and PS5 controllers when Steam Input is not enabled
  

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 In-Game setting to allow enabling or disabling display scaling in the overlay.
  
• Changed behavior of overlay tabbed browser to clear all tabs when the close button is clicked and added a minimize button to hide the browser as the close button previously did.
  

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

• Fixed a hitch that some players with large libraries might encounter every 15 minutes while playing a game
  
• Fixed presentation and localization of items in the Special Offers section.
  

Steam Input

• Added the ability to copy and paste mappings when setting up controller inputs
  

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 a case where the wrong FPS limit could be applied on startup.
  
• Fixed a case where the controller input thread could operate at normal instead of high scheduling priority.
  
• Fixed styling on the login error screen and made the retry button accessible to the gamepad.
  

Library

• Added the ability to sort by date added to library to shelves and game grids.
  

Developer console

• Added a setting to display timestamps in the Steam console window.
  
• Changed Steam console window to keep the last several seconds of output even if that would exceed the normal buffer length.
  
• Fixed command echo sometimes appearing on the same line as the previous output.
  
• Fixed clear_console command not doing anything.