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

• Added a new warning icon to the header that will display when Steam Deck can't reach the Steam servers. Clicking the icon will navigate a page with more details.
  
• The wifi icon will no longer show a yellow exclamation mark when Steam Deck can't reach the Steam servers. It will still show this icon if Steam Deck can't reach the internet (e.g. the connection has a login portal).
  
• Added support for Mouse4 (Back) as B button in the interface
  
• Fixed opening the "Reorder controllers" dialog in the main Big Picture Window when a game is running

Steam Input

• Added new config export path that works while offline. In personal configuration dropdown the options are now "New Personal Save", which is this new option and "New Sharable Personal Save", which uses the existing Steam Workshop backend.
  
• Filter the configuration export options based on whether the device is connected to Steam/Offline
  
• Fixed some flashes when adjusting sliders in the Quick Settings section of the configurator
  
• Fixed moving right in the mode settings page not jumping to the appropriate settings sub-page
  
• Fixed turning off the Dual Sense Edge controller

Desktop mode
Today we’re shipping a significant update to Steam Client Beta, with new features and improvements to the Steam Desktop Mode experience. This includes:

• Overhaul of the In-Game Overlay, with an updated design and new features
  
• New Notes app, saved per-game, and accessible in-game or out
  
• Steam Client notifications are now richer and more useful
  
• The screenshot manager has been completely refreshed with new functionality

In addition to these features, a good portion of the work we did in this update went into significant improvements under-the-hood, including changes to how we share code across Steam Desktop, Steam Deck, and Big Picture Mode.

As always, we are eager to gather feedback and hear what folks think. Read more about the update here.

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Stable (default) channel.

Steam Input

• Fixed forcefully updating controller layouts when a game using game-bundled Steam Input API configurations updates their official configuration

(This client was re-released a couple of hours later to fix a regression that caused some Steamworks enabled multiplayer game sessions to fail to connect)

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.

• Updated the graphics driver with performance improvements for STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor

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 issue where selecting a group chat showed an endless loading throbber until another chat was selected
  
• Fixed a regression in the beta client causing notification toasts to not show while playing a game.
  
• Fixed 'Delete Proton Files' not cleaning files that contain : in the path

Desktop Mode

• Fixed a case where the per-app Steam Play compatibility tool override dropdown would not appear

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 crash when after funding the Steam Wallet when attempting to make an in-game purchase in the Overlay
  
• Fixed issue where the Main Menu and Quick Access Menu stopped working after selecting a custom startup movie
  
• Any button press will now cancel the Wake custom startup movie
  
• Fixed a black screen freeze when selecting a store widget within a news post
  
• Fixed issue where touching/clicking on store or community links in a news post within the client would not navigate to the website
  
• Changed game invitations to show the launch option dialog instead of using the first option in the list. If the user has selected an option and asked to remember it, that option will be used instead of showing the dialog.