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

General

• Fixed battery percentage not showing in the header when the battery is full.

• Clicking on the battery header icon now navigates to Settings->Power.

• Proton Voice Files speech synthesis data will now be automatically installed based on Steam Deck compatibility testing results.

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

General

• Fixed game preloads showing 0bps disk activity.

Big Picture

• Remove empty Power settings page.

Linux

• Proton Voice Files speech synthesis data will now be automatically installed when necessary.

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.

General

• Fixed a launch failure with DOOM: The Dark Ages

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

Note: This update was re-released with additional changes.

General

• Fixed controller not working intermittently after Steam restart.

• Fixed games failing to connect to the Steam process when the Steam process id contains certain values.

Desktop Mode

• Fixed regression causing friends and chat windows to not load properly when Steam shows the login window at startup.

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

Note: This update was re-released with additional changes.

General

• Fixed regression causing friends and chat windows to not load properly when Steam shows the login window at startup.

• Fixed games failing to connect to the Steam process when the Steam process id contains certain values.

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

General

• Added Battery Charge Limit control to Settings->Power

  • This option allows you to set a maximum charge limit for your Steam Deck.

  • Limiting the charge limit to 80% can be beneficial for long term battery health. This can be useful if your Steam Deck is constantly being charged (i.e. docked), or very rarely has its battery depleted.

• Moved display dim and suspend timeout settings to Settings->Power.

• Moved 'Show Battery Percentage' setting to Settings->Power.

• Fixed pasting from on-screen keyboard.

Steam Input

• Speculative Fix for rare DualSense Edge gyroscope related bug.

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

Steam Overlay

• Fixed links opened from chat window showing in desktop browser rather than overlay browser.

Big Picture Mode

• Fixed pasting from on-screen keyboard.

Steam Input

• Speculative Fix for rare Dualsense Edge gyroscope related bug.

Steamworks API

• GameOverlayActivated_t is now sent to the current VR app when the SteamVR Dashboard is opened or closed.

VR

• Fix a case where the Steam Link VR client would get a key mismatch error on stream start.

Linux

• Fixed game recordings containing a green bar on the right side of the image when using HEVC encoding on AMD systems if the game window width was not a multiple of 64.

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.

This is the first release of SteamOS 3.7 to the Beta channel. The below notes are for changes since SteamOS 3.6.24. For changes relative to previous 3.7 Preview build see here.

General

• Updated to a newer Arch Linux base

• Updated the Linux kernel to 6.11

• Updated the Mesa graphics driver base

• Desktop mode now ships with Plasma 6.2.5

• Beginnings of support for non-Steam Deck handhelds

• Added support for frame limiting with VRR displays (internal and external)

• Fixed a crash when no displays are connected

• Added support for the power button on Asus and Lenovo handhelds

• Improved input support for Asus and Lenovo handhelds

Controllers and Input

• Add support for the Proteus Byowave controller

• Fixed an issue where Switch Pro Controller gyros might not work on first connection

• Fixed an issue with stuck/hanging controller inputs when exiting Steam

Bluetooth

• Fixed Bluetooth devices still being able to wake the Steam Deck from suspend, even when Bluetooth was disabled from Desktop mode

• Enable HFP/HSP profiles, to allow using the integrated microphone from headsets and earbuds

  • Currently only available to select in Desktop mode

• Added battery level display for supported Bluetooth devices

• Include a bugfix for the Airpods when using the AAC codec

• Bluetooth controllers can now wake LCD units from sleep, previously only available on OLED models

  • Known issue: Bluetooth LE based controllers are not currently compatible with bluetooth wake on LCD models

Steam Deck Dock

• Made compatibility improvements for certain displays including TCL FireTV models and Dell VRR capable monitors

Graphics and Performance

• Enabled AMD P-State CPU frequency control

• Fixed a performance regression for No Rest for the Wicked

Desktop

• Updated to Plasma 6.2.5 (previously 5.27.10) - see the big changes in Plasma 6 here

• Surround sound now works correctly

  • Enabling the setting is currently only available via Desktop mode

• KDE Filelight is now installed by default for disk usage visualization and low disk space notifications

• Speed and robustness improvements when switching between desktop and game mode

  • Fixed a common cause of hangs when switching to desktop mode

  • Fixed some cases where Steam could take up to ninety seconds to exit on shutdown or switch to desktop

• Added 'gocryptfs' support to desktop session to enable use of the Plasma Vaults feature

Misc

• Fixed some cases where "filter-chain" or other virtual sound devices would erroneously appear in the UI

• Fixed cases where applying system updates could fail if certain configuration files were corrupted or malformed

• Various enhancements to System Report functionality for support and troubleshooting

• Fixed compatibility issue with certain DNS servers causing very slow domain lookups

• Improved responsiveness of system when running into out-of-memory crash situations

• Enabled IPv6 Privacy Extensions by default

• Fixed a bootloader crash on certain non-Steam Deck devices, including qemu-based virtual machines

Known Issues

• Super NES controllers can erroneously show up as connected when they are not

Developer

• Updated to a 6.11 based kernel

• Added debuginfod URLs for SteamOS

• Added systemd .socket units to the default list of /etc files preserved across updates

• When running in a VM, system will now default to the desktop session

• Swap file setup now uses standard 'mkswap' functionality instead of shipping an ad-hoc 'mkswapfile' script

• The steamos-readonly command now warns that the status might not be accurate when sysexts are loaded

• Fixed a case that could introduce duplicate boot entries for devices manually setup to dual-boot

• The pacman cache is now cleaned after applying a SteamOS update

  • Fixes stale cache errors working with pacman after switching branches

• Quick recenter now available system-wide via system button long press.
  
• Improved automatic throttling behavior. Reduces controller and physics jitter from throttling and prediction changes in response to performance variations.

• Better handling of non-pipelined applications. Reduces controller jitter for Unity OpenXR apps.

• Fixed empty black window when starting SteamVR on Linux.
  
• Added window icons to SteamVR windows on Linux.

• Removed remaining legacy 32-bit executables, including: vrmonitor, vrstartup, restarthelper, overlay_viewer.
  
• Fix UI launching of overlay_viewer.
  
• overlay_viewer gets better pan / zoom / resize support, and other misc improvements.
  
• performance improvements to IVRChaperone ()->GetBoundsColor().
  
• Added lens calibration model, DISTORT_POLY3_TANGENT_SCALED.

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

Server Browser

• Fixed bug causing bots to contribute to the player count

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.

General

• Added trackpad support for the Legion Go S

• Fixed connecting DualShock 3 controllers over bluetooth once initially paired via USB

• Fixed a regression from earlier 3.7 releases causing several black frames between the boot logo and boot animation

• Fixed a regression from earlier 3.7 releases breaking the CPU power display in the performance overlay

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

General

• Fixed installed DLC not being recognized by some games.

• Fixed startup failure causing Steam to get stuck displaying Installing/Verifying screen when runtime files fail to unpack.

• Fixed a bug that prevented BIOS updates from applying via Settings->System on Steam Deck OLED.

• Fixed installed DLC not being recognized by some games.
  
• Fixed Steam client window not setting maximized state correctly at startup.
  
• Disable spellcheck suggestions for CD-Key input fields.
  
• Increase timeout before Steam will consider a steamwebhelper process unresponsive to reduce spurious failures when launch time is longer than expected.

• Fixed crash initializing the Steam Overlay in some games when using Parallels.

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

General

• Fixed installed DLC not being recognized by some games.

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

General

• Fixed installed DLC not being recognized by some games.

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

General

• Disable spellcheck suggestions for CD-Key input fields.

• Fixed Steam client window not setting maximized state correctly at startup.

macOS

• Fixed crash initializing the Steam Overlay in some games when using Parallels.