Steam Client Update - February 27th
A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.
General
Big Picture Mode
Remote Play
SteamVR
Steam Input
Steam Overlay
Friends & Chat
Linux
macOS
General
- Updated embedded Chromium build in Steam, clearing path for further updates soon.
- Added support for saving uncompressed HDR screenshots as AVIF.
- Improved performance when adding/removing multiple games to/from Family View in the library.
- Removed duplicate friend counter on game capsules.
- Stopped showing ready-to-play icon on Recent Games shelf, which does not filter to ready-to-play.
- Fixed bug which would sometimes cause Steam to show UI and take focus if configured to run at system startup.
- Fixed bug which would sometimes cause Update News window to take focus from other Steam windows.
- Fixed issue where clicking on Voice Chat invitation notifications did not open chat.
- Fixed maximize/restore button and window resize grip not updating properly.
- Fixed "My Games" collection also including games borrowed from other users.
- Fixed opacity of play bar on game details pages.
- Fixed window border sometimes showing around full screen videos on Windows 11.
- Fixed settings UI showing the wrong default state for the "Guide button focuses Steam" setting.
- Fixed miscellaneous regressions in the screenshot manager.
- Fixed wide game images sometimes failing to load.
- Fixed custom logo positions sometimes not applying on app details pages.
- Fixed double notifications when friends go online or in-game.
- Fixed collapse state of friends list and chat group sections not being properly remembered.
- Fixed game news sometimes appearing out of order in game details activity feed.
- Fixed a crash when launching a VR game while using SteamVR v1.27.5.
- Fixed CD Keys popup not appearing during launch for games that request it.
- Fixed main Steam window re-opening when closed if small mode has been entered or exited.
- Fixed some extraneous disk reads that could impact performance.
- Fixed detection of whether you have used a VR device in order to improve a few warning messages.
- Fixed downloading content with long file names in some cases.
- Fixed creation of erroneous steamwebhelper processes when steamwebhelper crashes.
- Fixed user avatar in title bar momentarily switching back to default during startup.
- Fixed opening a friend's wishlist in game page activity feed events.
- Fixed explorer window not being brought to foreground when Browse local files is selected on Windows.
Big Picture Mode
- Added Interface panel to settings
- Improved the display in the "Controller Configuration" tab when there are no controllers attached or the active controller is opted out of Steam Input.
- Fixed a case where no element would be selected in the UI when closing the quick access menu.
- Fixed Steam notifications not showing while in-game.
Remote Play
- Enable VA-API DRM hardware decoding on Linux.
- Greatly improved performance when using hardware encoding with AMD video cards on Windows.
- Fixed black screen and missing performance graph when starting a stream.
SteamVR
- Improve layout and imagery for some of the dialogs that show up when launching VR games.
- Clicking on items in the control bar (e.g. a download in progress) will correctly switch to the Steam tab.
- Show reloading message when SteamVR quits before reloading the Steam window.
- Notifications in VR look much better. Requires SteamVR beta, otherwise notifications will not appear.
- Steam now only reloads every fifth time that SteamVR quits.
- Fixed a case where Steam could prevent SteamVR from properly detecting a USB connected headset and/or controllers.
Steam Input
- Added a setting for the player LED for DualSense controllers.
- QoL Gyro Calibration button available in Controller Config Quick settings, and in the Gyro section of the Controller Layout Editor.
- Controllers can be used to dismiss/continue when controller support information panels appear before a Desktop game's launch.
- Fixed Gyro enable button not being respected.
- Fixed styling of the controller mode settings page.
- Possible fix for cases where configuration edits would be dropped when toggling in and out of the overlay.
Steam Overlay
- Corrected Steam overlay colors when games have HDR enabled.
- Fixed middle-click panning not working in overlay browser on Windows.
- Fixed notes window controls scrolling off the top and new note/delete note buttons not being visible.
Friends & Chat
- Fixed a case where group chats could get stuck on "Requesting Group Chat Information" after reconnecting to Steam.
Linux
- Fixed a case where the client could get stuck in the shutting down screen.
- Fixed rare crashes during window creation.
- Fixed controller input inconsistently working in Big Picture mode windows.
macOS
- Fixed intermittent Steam API crash in some Apple Silicon games.