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.

Wireless

• Fixed a problem where Steam Deck would be unable to connect to certain Wi-Fi 7 access points

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.

External Display

• Fixed a system crash when hotplugging a second display in Desktop mode

The Steam Deck Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

General

• Updated embedded Chromium build in Steam to 126.0.6478.183
  
• Fixed games stored on an external drive still showing as available when the drive is removed.
  
• Fixed some miscellaneous common crashes.
  
• Make the enter action on the login password entry attempt to login rather than requiring navigation to the "submit" button.
  
• Detecting and passing commands to an already running Steam client is significantly faster.
  
• Improve compatibility for native titles that have not been reviewed yet by launching them in the same runtime environment as reviewed titles.

Game Recording

• Added video previews to the Background Recording items in the media manager when hovering them with a mouse or focusing them in BPM.
  
• Added video previews to the Background Recording items in the app details page's screenshot section when hovering them with a mouse or focusing them in BPM.
  
• Added a setting to record microphone input alongside gameplay audio.
  
• In per-game settings, add the ability to record a specified game indefinitely with no specified time limit.
  
• Integrated the list of games where recording is disabled into the per-game settings.

Steam Input

• Fixed crash occurring when querying community controller configurations in the configurator.

Note: This update was re-released October 3rd with the following additional change:

• Fixed regression in beta that prevented game recording and remote play from using the GPU encoder.

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 a crash when using the magnifier tool while game recording is active

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

• Security fix for Flatpak (CVE-2024-42472)

Developer

• Fixed nested desktop crashing on launch

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

General

• Fixed a bug that could prevent Offline Mode login on the first restart after installing an update.

The Steam Deck Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

General

• Fixed a bug that could prevent Offline Mode login on the first restart after installing an update.

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

General

• Fixed a rare case where the UI could get stuck showing a loading throbber at startup while in Offline Mode.
  
• Fixed startup movie intermittently failing to play at launch.

Steam Input

• Fixed case where virtual menus may be left visible when mode shifting.
  
• Fixed Steam overlay sometimes toggling when activating on-screen keyboard from controller chord.

The Steam Deck Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

Steam Input

• Fixed case where virtual menus may be left visible when mode shifting.
  
• Fixed Steam overlay sometimes toggling when activating on-screen keyboard from controller chord.