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Sep 3, 2024

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: September 3rd

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.

General

Fixed missing or out of date game logos in chat

Steam Input

Fixed the mouse position selector being opaque instead of displaying the game's UI on Deck

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Aug 28, 2024

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: August 28th

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.

General

Fixed a rare bug that could cause the login page to continuously fail with "error 11" until the client was restarted.
Fixed game resolution overrides failing to apply for non-steam games.

Steam Input

Added Output Icons to all Mode/Behavior dropdown menus. These indicate if the mode (by default) generates OS Mouse output, XInput (controller) Output, Steam Input API Action Output, or is a remapping tool/Overlay Menu (Touch, Radial, Hotbar).
Steam Input API Analog Actions that can have multiple modes i.e. "Camera | Camera as FlickStick" are now labelled as "... (via FlickStick)"
Steam Input API Analog Actions can now optionally be used "... (via Gyro To Mouse)" (default is still "As Mouse" or "As Joystick Mouse" depending on source).
Fix rare issue where Gyro Processing occurred before controller type is established.
Fix for Track Pad as Button Behavior not displaying any glyphs.
Fix "Gyro Calibration" Button appearing twice on Gyro config screen if there is a mode shift applied to the Gyro.

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Aug 23, 2024

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: August 23rd

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.

Desktop

The controller configurator in the desktop overlay will now receive escape key presses instead of the key press automatically dismissing the whole overlay

Game Recording

Fixed a regression in the game recording per-game settings, which would use the compiled-in default minutes to keep, or use the compiled-in default bit rate, instead of the user's preferences
Fixed list view not updating when a game exits.

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Aug 22, 2024

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: August 22nd

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.

General

Added a dropdown to Settings->Display->Advanced to select the maximum resolution allowed to be used by games. This is the global version of the 'Game Resolution' dropdown already available under Game Settings->General.
Added Sign Out to the power menu on Deck.

Steam Input

Fixed an issue where automatic cursor visibility actionset changes did not work on the Steam Link App Mobile Touch Controller
Fixed an issue where modifying a config could result in a crash when returning to the game

Game Recording

Added a list view to media manager to provide a view of all the play sessions and media from each session.
Added setting to enable turning recording on/off per game.
Added setting to control the duration and bitrate of background recording per game.
Improved error reporting in the save/share sheet.
Fixed an issue where you couldn't unpause in the last second of a clip or recording

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Aug 19, 2024

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: August 19th

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.

General

Fixed a crash when removing a non-Steam game from a parental controlled account

Steam Input

Reduce CPU usage when using both Gyro and Joystick or Trackpad for mouse input

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