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Wed, Oct 71

Steam Beta Client Update: October 7th

Steam Deck Official Updates

We have just shipped an updated Steam Client to the Preview/Beta channel. General Added a setting to disable the screensaver when in game Windows binaries registered as non-steam games will now run in Proton by default. Fixed a case where non-steam games would fail to launch after changing the Target binary via the Browse button. Fixed a case where the 'Stop' button would fail to close the game if it was launched by an external tool. Fixed a case where library playtime could temporarily show an incorrect value. Steam Input Fix a bug on the "Reorder controller" screen on Linux where sometimes swapping controllers would not work Steam Controller Firmware Fixed an issue where switching to BLE mode would stick, even if the host device could not be found

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Mon, Oct 51

Steam Beta Client Update: October 5th

Steam Deck Official Updates

We have just shipped an updated Steam Client to the Preview/Beta channel. General Fix cases where users with older CPUs could have the client hang/crash when starting downloads for games with many identical files Fix desktop shortcuts always using the default launch option rather than your saved option Fix some cases where the onscreen keyboard would drop presses during dual trackpad typing Fix the diacritic options menu interactions during dual trackpad typing Steam Input Added a landing page to the configurator when no file on disk could be loaded and give you the option to select a new configuration. This was one of the causes of a blank configurator Improve the display of cloud sync status in the configurator and give you the option to skip and proceed to the configurator. This was another common cause of a blank configuration because the layout was broken and the info offscreen. Fix pairing the 2015 Steam Controller FIxed glyphs for Switch controllers in Heavy Rain Remote Play The adjust bitrate option of the network health dialog behaves more intuitively

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Thu, Oct 11

Steam Beta Client Update: October 1st

Steam Deck Official Updates

We have just shipped an updated Steam Client to the Preview/Beta channel. General Fixed a bug that sometimes caused an empty "Steam Family Activity" group to appear in notification settings Remote Play Improved the automatic Pyrowave bitrate calculation to improve visual quality Added convars @PyrowavePSNR and @PyrowaveHeightFactor to tune automatic bitrate calculation (see https://github.com/Themaister/pyrowave/blob/master/eval-results/objective-bitrate-evaluation.md for details) Pyrowave manual bitrates can be increased up to 1 Gbit/s (more bandwidth increases latency!) Pyrowave bitrate has been reset to the automatic default Fixed gradually increasing video latency when using Pyrowave on slow network links Reduced audio dropouts when using Pyrowave Added a dialog to recover if your network isn't able to handle current streaming settings Added a Steam menu option to stop desktop streaming Steam Input On Linux switch to reshuffling gamepad input when the last running game exits instead of on game launch to avoid issues when running multiple apps at the same time Game Overlay Fixed crash when Vulkan games recreate their swapchain Steam Controller Firmware Fixed an issue where some Bluetooth BLE connections could disconnect repeatedly, especially on Steam Deck Improve the time needed to fully connect the device in Steam Fixed an issue where pairing via a puck connection could fail

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Tue, Sep 291

Steam Beta Client Update: September 29th

Steam Deck Official Updates

We have just shipped an updated Steam Client to the Preview/Beta channel. General Fixed clicking the buttons in the footer causing the glyphs to change back to gamepad Fixed a clicking the back button in the footer not working if nothing on the page had digital navigation focus Fixed the Steam logo spinner moving during the login flow Added delaying dimming the screen or displaying the screensaver when the Steam Store, web browsers or other apps request to disable monitor sleep and screensavers while playing video. Steam Input Added support for the user-invoked On-Screen Keyboard in the desktop overlay Fixed issues with button and slider sizing in the configurator when opened in the desktop overlay

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Sun, Sep 271

Steam Beta Client Update: September 27th

Steam Deck Official Updates

We have just shipped an updated Steam Client to the Preview/Beta channel. General: Fixed a regression that caused non-Steam games to fail to launch. Fixed the onscreen keyboard not working the first time it is invoked on desktop. Remote Play: Improved color accuracy when streaming an OpenGL game.

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Fri, Sep 252

Steam Beta Client Update: September 25th

Steam Deck Official Updates

We have just shipped an updated Steam Client to the Preview/Beta channel. General: Fixed the Recordings & Screenshots dialog not showing all games that have related screenshots in the game filter dropdown. Improved the text layout in achievement notifications when the name, description or both wrap across multiple lines. Fix some cases of header/footer flicker and invisibility during the first seconds after waking from sleep. When waking from sleep with a game running but the account now playing elsewhere: Provide an option to exit the local game. Go back to sleep if there is no input for 60 seconds. Fixed issues with trackpad typing if the trackpad is touched while the onscreen keyboard is opening Steam Input: Improved the consistency of trackpad sensitivity between Steam Deck and Steam Controller Fixed cases where the Virtual menu modes could show the wrong activation type if it was created in the standalone menu vs from a controller source Implemented a version of the "Reorder Controller" dialog for Steam Input API games. Note - this disconnects the controllers temporarily so older games which do not handle hot plugging properly can lose controller input Additional polish for the multibinding page In the desktop UI overlay the desktop config will now be applied. For most gamepads this will not be a difference in behavior because they have a blank desktop config, but Steam Controllers or devices that have setup a custom desktop config will have mouse input to click on things in the overlay. Remote Play: Improved color accuracy when streaming from a Windows computer Fixed the mouse cursor when streaming from Linux using the SteamRT3C client Fixed a capture lockup when streaming from pipewire on Linux and SteamOS Reduced Pyrowave latency when streaming from pipewire on Linux and SteamOS Added the -pyrowavestats command line option to log Pyrowave encoding performance SteamRT3 Experimental Beta Fixed Steam overwriting PATH, LD_PRELOAD, and LD_LIBRARY_PATH variables when launching games.

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SteamOS 3.9.2 Beta

Steam Deck Official Updates

This update is for the SteamOS Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel. These notes contain all changes since the current stable SteamOS 3.8 release, with the changes added since the previous 3.9 preview releases noted below New in SteamOS 3.9.2 General Add preliminary support for Legion Go 2 brightness control Fixed Steam Remote Play not working on Steam Machine when booting with no external display connected Fixed "Disable Frame Limiter" toggle not working when VRR is enabled Fixed the frame limiter incorrectly applying to VR titles when streaming from Steam Machine to Steam Frame Fixed loss of input if a launcher window is accidentally dragged around in Game Mode Fixed logging in to Desktop Mode via RDP with system users when enabled Fixed an issue causing certain games (incl. ELDEN RING and DARK SOULS™ III) to fail to run on recent Panther Lake Intel CPUs Worked around a firmware issue on some ASUS devices causing excessive fan speed upon waking from sleep Fixed a bug causing hidden WiFi networks to fail to connect on the first attempt Fixed boot screen corruption on Intel PTL+ devices Fixed a regression from previous 3.9 previews causing Steam Machine to occasionally wake from hibernation unexpectedly Fixed a regression from previous 3.9 previews slowing down system boot speed and causing the boot logo to briefly vanish during boot Fixed a regression from previous 3.9 previews breaking virtual keyboard input for some languages in Game Mode Fixed a regression from previous 3.9 previews with nested desktop mode Security and stability fixes SteamOS 3.9 General Updated Arch Linux base Updated Desktop Mode from Plasma 6.4.3 to Plasma 6.7.3 For more information, see https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.7.0/ https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.0/ https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.0/ Fixed a system crash when launching Forza Horizon 6 on Legion Go 2 Fixed an issue causing frame limits to result in lower than intended FPS on certain external displays Fixed issues with suspend/resume on systems with RDNA1 or RDNA2 based dedicated GPUs Security and stability updates Misc Updated the bootloader to improve compatibility with certain motherboards The Desktop Mode lockscreen is no longer prevented from being explicitly enabled in settings (but remains off by default) Developer Switched WiFi backend to wpa_supplicant by default for new installations, improving compatibility with various WiFi networks Enhanced wpa_supplicant to support fast WiFi reconnect on resume from sleep, previously only available in the iwd backend Known issue: Existing installations will continue to use iwd unless manually enabled in Developer Settings Linux kernel rebased on Linux 7.2 Added preliminary support for hibernation, not yet exposed in Game Mode UI Enhanced Linux kernel hibernation support to enable interrupting hibernate requests and fixed various driver issues Various scripts and packages have been renamed from `steamos-` to `holo-`, with aliases to the former names where appropriate Improved support for running SteamOS as a VM guest with accelerated graphics (virtio-gpu, venus) Updated included renderdoc version

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Thu, Sep 241

SteamOS 3.8.28

Steam Deck Official Updates

SteamOS 3.8.28 has just been released for all users with the following changes: These notes contain all changes since the previous SteamOS 3.8.16 stable release. See here for changes since the previous SteamOS 3.8.27 beta release. General Updated Mesa graphics driver to a new major release, containing many ray-tracing performance improvements, as well as other performance and functionality improvements Greatly improved VRAM management, improving performance and stability in cases where VRAM is limited The Steam Machine splash screen/logo now appears much more quickly after device startup Added support for waking up from the Steam Controller Wireless Adapter (2015) Improved battery indications when the device is charging in but using more power than the charger can provide Preliminary support for the Steam Frame Wireless Adapter Added support for Steam Controller (2026) to the built-in [c]hid_steam[/c] controller driver, enabling use with native controller applications when Steam is not running Fixed 20-30s startup delay in some games on non-Valve devices with no audio sources Fixed delayed start time for some games under Proton when no capture device is present Fixed an issue causing black screens in certain launchers, including Zenless Zone Zero and FINAL FANTASY XIV Online Fixed an issue where hotplugging HDMI displays could cause lockups in Desktop Mode Fixed an issue where TVs supporting an HDMI "Game Mode" would display the initial boot logo on startup before engaging said mode, causing unnecessary delay and flashing Fixed some cases of slow or stuck Wi-Fi connections with certain adapters Fixed an issue causing previous SteamOS updates to fail to apply for some users Fixed Firefox in Desktop Mode sometimes freezing when fullscreen Worked around an issue where Unreal Engine 5 VR games could display a blank right eye Fixed Bluetooth instability with Nintendo Switch Pro (v1) controller Fixed Desktop Mode allowing resolutions below 640x480 on certain displays, rendering it unusable Fixed a bug where the system would freeze on resume if an SD card was removed while suspended Fixed a rare Steam Deck issue where fan speed would revert to BIOS control until a reboot, resulting in higher than normal fan speeds Fixed an issue where game performance could be degraded after sleep/resume on systems with AMD discrete GPUs Steam Machine Firmware 108 Fixed an issue where the system could occasionally wake up immediately after going to sleep Fixed a rare issue where CPU performance could be degraded until reboot after waking up from sleep Audio Add option to reset all audio configuration and settings to system defaults under Settings -> Audio Fix for HDMI audio dropouts with some game and TV combinations Improve reliability of HDMI hotplug detection Add option to prefer lower latency audio codecs for Bluetooth devices Non-Valve Devices Improve support for MSI Claw and OneXPlayer device variants Improve support for devices with external or no Wi-Fi adapters Fixed an infrequent bug where some 3rd party handhelds would have input ignored when held Added initial gamepad support for MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ Added initial gamepad support for Konkr FIT Added initial gamepad support for AYANEO Pocket S2 Updated gamepad support for OneXPlayer Apex with new firmware Added controller support for missing OneXPlayer F1 and OneXPlayer 2 special edition models Fixed a regression with some MSI Claw devices on newer firmware losing access the Guide and Quick Access Menu buttons Fixed a regression with Legion Go 1 models on older controller firmware where gyroscope would fail to initialize Fixed a regression on OneXPlayer F1 models where rumble was being blocked and the joystick poll rate was low. As a consequence, the M1 (left) extra shoulder button is no longer able to function. Fixed issues with battery display on Lenovo Legion Go models Fixed a bug where the MSI Claw would freeze on resume if an SD card was present during suspend and resume Developer Updated the Linux kernel to 6.18.50

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Tue, Sep 222

Steam Beta Client Update: September 22nd

Steam Deck Official Updates

We have just shipped an updated Steam Client to the Preview/Beta channel. General Fixed the on-screen keyboard not popping up in non-Steam games after toggling wifi or suspending the machine Steam Input Fixed the glyphs shown for the Xbox Elite Controller paddle buttons Remote Play: Pyrowave Fixed occasional flickering when streaming to Linux and SteamOS clients Switched encoding to use the compute queue to avoid contention with game GPU usage Fixed GPU memory leak on the client when frequently changing resolutions

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SteamOS 3.8.28 Beta

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This update is for the SteamOS 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 an issue where game performance could be degraded after sleep/resume on systems with AMD discrete GPUs

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Mon, Sep 211

Steam Beta Client Update: September 21st

Steam Deck Official Updates

We have just shipped an updated Steam Client to the Preview/Beta channel. General Using a physical mouse to click on text input will no longer bring up the On-Screen Keyboard Steam Input Fixed regression with rumble on 3rd party SteamOS Handhelds Improved the styling of multibinding rows in the configuration mapping screen Remote Play Added an experimental video codec, Pyrowave, which allows high bandwidth, low latency video streaming. You can find out more on the Steam Remote Play discussion group .

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Fri, Sep 181

Steam Beta Client Update: September 18th

Steam Deck Official Updates

We have just shipped an updated Steam Client to the Preview/Beta channel. General Added support for keyboard glyphs in the footer when using mouse/kb to interact with Big Picture Mode Steam Input Added a new view in the configurator for Steam Input API games that lists out actions and their bindings rather than inputs to actions along with streamlined binding interface Added a new multi-binding page in the configurator for authoring button combinations that visualizes the timeline of command outputs and their settings Added support for inverting button chord bindings Fixed older-unnamed Virtual Menus showing up as "Create Virtual Menu" in some views SteamRT3 Experimental Beta Fixed Night Mode Remote Play Fixed EULA acceptance when starting a Remote Stream.

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Wed, Sep 161

Steam Beta Client Update: September 16th

Steam Deck Official Updates

We have just shipped an updated Steam Client to the Preview/Beta channel. General Fixed regression causing crash in native Linux version of some games. Fixed regression causing flicker and unwanted UI briefly after waking from sleep. Fixed an issue where virtual gamepads were torn down temporarily when a game called the ISteamUtils::SetGameLauncherMode api, which could cause titles that don't support controller hotplugging to lose input

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Mon, Sep 142

SteamOS 3.9.1 Preview

Steam Deck Official Updates

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. Note on Preview Releases This is an early Preview build of SteamOS 3.9, and may contain unexpected bugs or stability issues. If you encounter problems, please consider filing a bug on the SteamOS issue tracker . These notes contain all changes since the current stable SteamOS 3.8 release, with the changes added since the previous preview noted below New in SteamOS 3.9.1 General Fixed a system crash when launching Forza Horizon 6 on Legion Go 2 Fixed an issue causing frame limits to result in lower than intended FPS on certain external displays Fixed issues with suspend/resume on systems with RDNA1 or RDNA2 based dedicated GPUs Fixed a regression in seamless boot causing the boot logo to disappear prior to the Steam startup animation Fixed a rare issue where fan speed would revert to BIOS control until a reboot, resulting in higher than normal fan speeds on Steam Deck Security and stability updates Developer Fixed verbose-mode boots, triggered by the [c]steamos-bootdebug[/c] utility or chainloader menu, having their output hidden by plymouth Updated included renderdoc version SteamOS 3.9 General Updated Arch Linux base Updated Desktop Mode from Plasma 6.4.3 to Plasma 6.7.3 For more information, see https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.7.0/ https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.0/ https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.0/ Misc Updated the bootloader to improve compatibility with certain motherboards The Desktop Mode lockscreen is no longer prevented from being explicitly enabled in settings (but remains off by default) Developer Switched WiFi backend to wpa_supplicant by default for new installations, improving compatibility with various WiFi networks Enhanced wpa_supplicant to support fast WiFi reconnect on resume from sleep, previously only available in the iwd backend Known issue: Existing installations will continue to use iwd unless manually enabled in Developer Settings Linux kernel rebased on Linux 7.2 Added preliminary support for hibernation, not yet exposed in Game Mode UI Enhanced Linux kernel hibernation support to enable interrupting hibernate requests and fixed various driver issues Various scripts and packages have been renamed from `steamos-` to `holo-`, with aliases to the former names where appropriate Improved support for running SteamOS as a VM guest with accelerated graphics (virtio-gpu, venus)

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SteamOS 3.8.27 Beta

Steam Deck Official Updates

This update is for the SteamOS 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 rare issue where fan speed would revert to BIOS control until a reboot, resulting in higher than normal fan speeds

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