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Aug 24, 2023

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: August 24th

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:

Remote Play

Fixed occasional crash directly launching a game from the Steam Link UI
Added support for HEVC video encoding when streaming to macOS

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Aug 23, 2023

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: August 23rd

Fixed issue where some steam:// protocol handlers were not handled correctly due to case sensitivity. Example: steam://url/communityfilepage/<ugcid> was not working correctly.
Fixed issue with steam://connect/<gameserver ip>:<game server port>/<optional password> was not handled.
Fixed a case where the System Report upload process would proclaim success even though the operation failed.
Added a "Save To Desktop" option to the System Report dialog.

Steam Cloud

Fixed a case where Steam Cloud saves could be synced to a computer that did not have the game installed if the game was available for streaming from another PC

Desktop Mode

Fixed clicking "Play Game" links in event news causing client popup windows to close.
steamwebhelper support dialog is now shown if the main client window cannot be created at startup.

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Aug 18, 2023

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: August 19th

The overlay tabbed browser will now wait until the overlay has been activated for the first time before restoring saved tabs.
Added an option to In Game settings that allows toggling whether overlay browser tabs will be restored when starting a game.

Steam Input

Reduced lag when switching between pages in the "Edit Layout" view for configurations with large numbers of action sets/layers/mode-shifts

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Aug 17, 2023

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: August 17th

Fixed a case where non-steam games could disappear from the library.

Library

Fixed some screenshot thumbnails on the activity feed not being properly obscured when marked as spoiler

Desktop Mode

Fixed windows being able to set minimum sizes larger than their display dimensions.
Possible fix for a case where the On-Screen Keyboard could break controller input in games using the desktop overlay.

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Aug 14, 2023

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: August 14th

Fixed empty folders not being re-created when verifying a game installation.
Fixed a case where the user would be prompted to install an OS update for a second time after switching between game mode and desktop mode.

Desktop Mode

Fixed the 'Add non steam game' option in the KDE right click context menu not automatically adding the selected application to the library.
Allow the settings window to be resized.
Fixed switching from fullscreen to windowed mode when a full-screen video is dismissed.
Fixed notifications stealing focus when shown in overlay.
Fixed overlay freezing when a file dialog is shown.
Improved reliability of Back button

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