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Jul 26, 2023

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: July 26th

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:

General

Fixed notifications for achievements not firing when offline

Desktop Mode

Fixed main client window taking focus from other Steam windows when navigation menus are hovered.

Steam Input

Fixed some cases where navigation changes from the previous beta could result in a blank page in the configurator

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Jul 24, 2023

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: July 24th

Improved navigation in the configurator when navigating from the Preview screen. Repeatedly going to Preview then an input will no longer build up loops in the back stack and you can now go back with a single B button press if you've not interacted with the left column.
Fixed detecting controllers using the Xbox Enhanced Feature Support driver
Fixed changing effects on PS4 and PS5 controllers when Steam Input is not enabled

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Jul 21, 2023

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: July 21st

Added In-Game setting to allow enabling or disabling display scaling in the overlay.
Changed behavior of overlay tabbed browser to clear all tabs when the close button is clicked and added a minimize button to hide the browser as the close button previously did.

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Jul 19, 2023

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: July 19th

Fixed a hitch that some players with large libraries might encounter every 15 minutes while playing a game
Fixed presentation and localization of items in the Special Offers section.

Steam Input

Added the ability to copy and paste mappings when setting up controller inputs

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Jul 18, 2023

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: July 18th

Fixed a case where the wrong FPS limit could be applied on startup.
Fixed a case where the controller input thread could operate at normal instead of high scheduling priority.
Fixed styling on the login error screen and made the retry button accessible to the gamepad.

Library

Added the ability to sort by date added to library to shelves and game grids.

Developer console

Added a setting to display timestamps in the Steam console window.
Changed Steam console window to keep the last several seconds of output even if that would exceed the normal buffer length.
Fixed command echo sometimes appearing on the same line as the previous output.
Fixed clear_console command not doing anything.

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