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

Accessibility

• Added an accessibility settings page with a Screen Reader, Color Filters, UI Scaling, High Contrast Mode, and Reduced Motion options. Learn more in the announcement and provide feedback here.

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 WiFi regression with Steam Deck OLED

• Disabled experimental support for Wake-on-Bluetooth for Steam Deck LCD while issues with spurious wake-ups are being investigated

• Fixed a bug where visual corruption could occur with Sharp upscaling with HDR/10-bit applications when interacting with the overlay

• Fixed an issue where the cursor would not be visible in the bottom-right quadrant of the screen when using the magnifier

• Fixed cursor having a line of visual corruption when using Sharp upscaling in certain instances

• Fixed certain overlay key bindings involving Shift, the Super key, Right Alt, or Return/Enter not being able to be triggered

• Fixed input being passed to applications when overlay key bindings are invoked

• Fixed OBS Studio not working with the streaming output provided by gamescope

• Fixed an issue where clicking mailto: links sometimes didn't display the right error

Audio

• Fixed an issue where volume keys would sometimes not properly adjust the volume of the 3.5mm audio connector

• Fixed a SteamOS 3.6 regression causing audio glitches in God of War: Ragnarok

Accessibility

• Added support for optional color filters

• Added Orca screen reader and espeak-ng text-to-speech tools

• Fixed the magnifier producing an incorrect scale and offset when Sharp upscaling was used

Non-Deck

• Fixed an issue where the Legion Go S with SteamOS could lose trackpad functionality after sleep

• Added power button support for some AYANEO, AYN, GPD, MSI, ONEXPLAYER, and OrangePi platforms

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

Steam Input

• Improved detection of FlyDigi Vader series controllers

Remote Play

• Improved audio resilience to variable network conditions

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

General

• Fixed an error when displaying game details activity tab for a game that no friends have played but some friends have wishlisted.

Steam Input

• Improved default gyro calibration for 8BitDo and FlyDigi controllers.

• Fixed gyro calibration system rejecting noisy accelerometers too readily.

• Fixed gyro and accelerometer noise meters using the wrong scale.

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

General

• Fixed zoom controller chord not working in the Steam Deck interface.

• Guided Tour now includes information about Parental Controls.

Desktop Mode

• Styles and font have been updated on the in-game FPS counter when enabled.

• Fixed main client window being focused for certain kinds of links opened from chat windows.

• Fixed regression causing friends list window to close when switching from offline to online.

• Fixed main client window ordering above some modal dialogs when clicked (e.g. cloud file conflict dialogs).

SteamOS

• For non-Steam Deck devices running SteamOS (like the Legion Go S), controller support icons are now displayed on game capsules next to SteamOS Compatibility.