We have just shipped an updated Steam Client update to the Stable channel.
The Hardware Compatibility dialog now includes the average framerate players get in games on Steam Deck. Learn more about this update here.
Game invites from friends now have a dedicated widget in the chat tab above the text entry, instead of having to navigate to the exact message in the chat history window. Individual invites from friends in a group also show in the group chat window instead of having to navigate to the individual friend's 1-1 chat tab to accept.
Updated the styling of the chat tab to better convey focus states.
Improved the group chat layout and fixed areas where gamepad navigation could get stuck.
Friend chat message notifications will now be rolled up rather than sending one 2 second notification per message.
Plumbed the per-friend voice chat levels to the friend context menu in BPM.
Improved Quick Access Menu responsiveness.
Added Timezone selection entries for locations with changes to daylight savings time, e.g. British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba.
Background art will appear on the home screen when High Contrast is enabled.
Fixed a bug that caused per-friend notification settings to be ignored.
Notifications settings layout has been changed to be easier to work with at all window sizes.
Per-friend notifications now override global notification settings correctly in all cases.
Second round of Steam startup performance improvements following shipping of prior improvements in public client.
Output volume settings for friends in voice chat will now persist between Steam sessions rather than resetting on restart.
The prompt to opt-in to providing anonymized framerate data is now also shown in the Steam desktop client.
Multiple general stability improvements and fixes for rare crashes affecting small numbers of users.
Added a workaround for updates occasionally hanging at 99%.
Fixed some cases the Steam Service Error dialog was showing incorrectly if you quit/restarted Steam quickly.
Fixed multiple edge cases that could cause memory leaks in game streaming and controller code.
Fixed an error displaying dates for users in British Columbia.
Fixed a case where Steam Cloud Sync would incorrectly show a conflict in some games, e.g. Monster Hunter World.
Fixed the Uninstall Failure dialog not showing.
Fixed a case where a firmware update would still show up as available for a few seconds after it was applied.
Fixed an issue where the friends list could get stuck when failing to login at launch and required toggling offline to load the friends list.
Fixed "friend joins a game" notifications being dropped when several friends start games within 10 seconds.
Fixed a bug that would cause "When a friend comes online" and "When a friend joins a game" notification sounds to not respect "Show Notification Toasts" and "Play a sound when a notification toast is displayed" settings.
Fixed Steam Frame native-only content showing as installable on Windows.
Fixed the layout of the volume slider in the voice chat context menu.
Fixed various cases where the steam windows could briefly flash black.
