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Jun 6, 2023

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: June 6th

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 Steam Linux Runtime compatibility tools not being installed to support a title in some cases.

Steam Input

Put Nintendo Switch controllers into simple mode when Steam Input isn't active. This also turns off the home LED when in simple mode, as users expect.
Gyroscope as Joystick/DPad/Buttons/Lean were using yaw correction-to-the-average-heading, causing subtle drift over time, especially in games which involved a lot of turning in one direction (driving games, flight sims). This was also used in GetMotionData (Steam Input API) affecting titles which used the sensor fusion quaternion for aiming. The correction toward the average has now been removed.
Deferred Sensor Fusion: Accelerometer correction (i.e. pitch correction from gravity sensors) for these modes is applied opportunistically - when the controller is rotating fast, or the controller is stationary (determined by stationary noise tolerances in the calibration page). This reduces noticeable "ouija effect" during fine aiming in our experiments. Note, none of the above gyro changes affect "Gyro As Mouse", which only uses Gyroscope readings, not Accelerometer.
The top allowed noise threshold for gyroscope in the Gyro Calibration page has been increased 3 fold to allow abnormally noisy gyroscopes to pass the drift correction/calibration process.

Desktop Mode

Fixed an error trying to delete a local screenshot from the game details page.
Fixed incorrect pending wallet balance.
Fixed an issue that led to incorrect menu positions.
Fixed incorrect file type options being selected by default when setting custom artwork for a game.
Rearranged and reworded several items on the friends list context menu to make them more clear.
Fixed the friend menu causing a black bar on the underlying chat or group window in some cases.

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Jun 1, 2023

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: June 1st

Fixed a issue that could result in "Steam Deck can't reach the Steam servers" errors when resuming from sleep.
Fixed inability to click on Steam notification toasts (eg. wishlist, comment).

Desktop Mode

Fixed an issue that prevented the main client window from being resized or moved.
Added a setting to let a user decide whether Ready to Play should include streaming and whether the local computer should be the default in details. This defaults to true on desktop and false on Steam Deck.
Fixed hotkeys not getting set properly on Linux and Mac.
Fixed game list unnecessarily flickering to top when selecting a game that's in a collection.
Fixed achievements icon not being greyed out when the achievements button is disabled.
Fixed inability to click on notifications when the overlay is up.
Fixed images pasted into game notes becoming broken when there was more than one image in the note.

Steam Input

Fixed Joystick Dead Zones in Calibration Screen triggering a controller-specific default to be used when a game was launched, instead of the value specified.
Fix for gyro Smoothing settings not updating when switching to shifted modes.

SteamNetworkingSockets

Fixed bugs preventing causing plain UDP connections to fail with authentication disabled

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May 31, 2023

Steam Deck OS Stable Update 3.4.8: May 31st

SteamOS 3.4.8 has just been released to the Stable channel as an update to all Deck users. The update contains the following changes:

Updated graphics driver with a fix for a GPU crash in Splitgate
Updated the graphics driver with performance improvements for STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor

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May 31, 2023

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: May 31st

Fixed issue where the tabbed browser would load up web pages from a previous session when not pinned. These web pages should only be restored if the tabbed browser was pinned or when the tabbed browser is made visible.

Desktop Mode

Added a tooltip to "Other" section in storage settings to explain what it contains
Fixed occasional crash when toggling a game's favorite status through the play bar on the game details page.
Fixed maximized windows intermittently being sized incorrectly

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May 30, 2023

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: May 30th

Fixed issues where some errors launching a game were not displayed, such as when an update is downloading, but there's not enough disk space available
Notification settings for the notification feed can now be set in-client from the Settings panel
Updated URL for store checkout process.
Added a bell icon to the header when there are new notifications, and a green indicator to new notifications in the notifications list.

Steam Input

Fixed certain calibration settings not saving correctly
Fixed Rumble on DualShock controllers.
Nintendo Switch Pro and JoyCons Gyroscopes now have sensitivities that are roughly equal to all other controllers as we step toward a Natural Sensitivity Scale (i.e. real world rotations result in roughly the same in-game output, regardless of controller used). Steam Input sensitivities on SwitchPro and JoyCon configurations will be automatically updated compensate.

Desktop Mode

Fixed an issue in the library causing the game released section to accidentally display for users who added the Street Fighter 6 demo to their account. This section of the library should only display when a game that you have pre-purchased is ready for pre-load or has released and is now ready to play.
Notifications now include the friend indicator overlay on user avatars when the avatar is a friend
Fixed regression where F11 was not toggling fullscreen mode correctly
Added support for notification types shown in the Desktop Client and Mobile app: Wishlist, Trade Offer, Steam Turn, Help Request, Major Sale, and Comment.

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