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

Remote Play

• Fixed a crash changing the hardware encoding setting while not streaming.

• Fixed HEVC hardware encoding on Steam Deck.

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

Remote Play

• Fixed crashes when using the controller to interact with streaming dialogs.

Screenshots

• Fixed an issue where deleting an uploaded screenshot would only delete the local copy.

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

General

• Improved the layout of the QAM Voice Chat tab, added a mute toggle to the volume sliders, and fixed the link from the tab to the active chat to focus the textbox when opening to the chat window

Steam Input

• By default, Steam Frame controllers will now use gamepad input in VR games that don't support VR inputs. The preferred mode can be changed for any VR game in either the game's Steam Input settings or in VR Controller settings on the Now Playing page. Please report any titles that do not work out of the box. Note: both Frame and the PC must be on the beta channel for Steam and SteamVR

Remote Play

• Fixed streaming launch failing if the host client had a cloud conflict.

• Fixed dropping to a very low bitrate when hardware decoding is disabled.

• Fixed the network health dialog popping up at the beginning of the stream.

• Enable Vulkan video decoding when using the SteamRT3C Linux beta.

• Automatically fall back to H.264 if HEVC isn't available.

• Disabled HDR when streaming to the OLED Steam Deck.

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

General

• Added a setting to disable the screensaver when in game

• Windows binaries registered as non-steam games will now run in Proton by default.

• Fixed a case where non-steam games would fail to launch after changing the Target binary via the Browse button.

• Fixed a case where the 'Stop' button would fail to close the game if it was launched by an external tool.

• Fixed a case where library playtime could temporarily show an incorrect value.

Steam Input

• Fix a bug on the "Reorder controller" screen on Linux where sometimes swapping controllers would not work

Steam Controller Firmware

• Fixed an issue where switching to BLE mode would stick, even if the host device could not be found

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

General

• Fix cases where users with older CPUs could have the client hang/crash when starting downloads for games with many identical files

• Fix desktop shortcuts always using the default launch option rather than your saved option

• Fix some cases where the onscreen keyboard would drop presses during dual trackpad typing

• Fix the diacritic options menu interactions during dual trackpad typing

Steam Input

• Added a landing page to the configurator when no file on disk could be loaded and give you the option to select a new configuration. This was one of the causes of a blank configurator

• Improve the display of cloud sync status in the configurator and give you the option to skip and proceed to the configurator. This was another common cause of a blank configuration because the layout was broken and the info offscreen.

• Fix pairing the 2015 Steam Controller

• FIxed glyphs for Switch controllers in Heavy Rain

Remote Play

• The adjust bitrate option of the network health dialog behaves more intuitively