New Steam Deck Client Update Includes Remote Demo Install, Web Notes, And Fixes Galore

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A new Steam Deck Client update was released today and it has some great new improvements. Demos can now be installed and uninstalled remotely from your profile games list, you can view your game notes outside of your overlay and on the web, streaming video for Monster Hunter Wilds via Remote Play has been fixed, and we now have support for the Zuiki Mascon controllers. There are a lot more improvements with this update, so I recommend checking out the changelog below.

You can download and install the new update through the System settings on your Steam Deck.

Steam Deck Client 3/10/25 Update Changelog:

General

• Demos can now be installed and uninstalled remotely via your profile games list.
• Replaced the "Switch to previous game" option in the "Launch Multiple Games" dialog with "Close previous game"
• When reconnecting to Steam (including when resuming from suspend), in game notifications will no longer appear for friends currently in a game.
• Fixed a rare Steam Play issue that caused the compatibility manager to incorrectly attempt to use the default Proton tool (configured via 'Run other titles with:') against another Proton tool.
• Fixed an error when accessing notes in the BPM overlay.
• Fixed an error when receiving a voice chat invite.
• Added a link to game notes to the "Your Stuff" section so they can be viewed outside of the overlay.
• Fix cases where long notes or very long text would break the layout of the game notes editor.
• Fixed a bug where sometimes text input would not work from the keyboard after closing and then reopening the overlay.
• Improved the animations when opening the virtual keyboard on the game notes page in the overlay.
• Fixed mouse input not working when editing game notes in the overlay.
• Fixed some cases where input could lock up on the Virtual Keyboard.
• Fixed an issue where backing out of an app details page to the library tab would focus the wrong app.
• Improved display of notifications for in-progress achievements.

Game Notes

• Notes are now available on the web! You can find them on the games list. Select the "Games" option under your profile name, then find the new "My Notes" option on the "My Game Content" menu. They will be added to the Steam Mobile app in a future update.
• Added support for more clipboard formats when pasting inline images in to game notes.
• Fixed an issue where the expanded toolbar would not show the second row when switching between notes.
• Fixed drag and drop for adding content to game notes and moving content around inside notes outside of the overlay.
• When the overlay notes window is resized, smaller sizes will now switch into a mode that toggles back and forth between showing the list of notes and showing an individual note.
• Fixed the link hover for some formatted links.
• Fixed creating and saving notes from the Big Picture game details section.

Remote Play

• Fixed streaming video in Monster Hunters Wilds.

Game Recording

• Fixed recording video in Monster Hunters Wilds.
• Fixed videos and screenshots copied to clipboard not pasting correctly in some programs.

Library

• Fixed an issue with attempting to visit the full game's store page and being directed to the demo's store page instead.
• Fixed missing default app icon in game list for apps that don't have an icon set.

Desktop Mode

• Fixed the Backup Game Files dialog sometimes failing to complete.
• Fixed an error on the Downloads page when a Free to Play game is removed during installation.
• Fixed the refresh button on the server browser dialog needing to be scrolled into view.
• Fixed an issue where dropdown menus would sometimes fail to appear.

Steam Input

• Fixed an issue where foreground colors did not apply correctly to menus.
• Fixed L3/R3 buttons not working on fightsticks or other devices that don't have left/right stick analog axes.
• Added support for the Zuiki Mascon controllers for Nintendo Switch.
• Fixed a case where controllers would be in the guide button chord config after disconnecting with the button held.
• Fixed a case where the virtual menu screen in the configurator would stop displaying other settings after changing a binding.
• Fixed some issues when using "Gyro to ..." modes with controllers with high gyroscope polling rates.
• Added support to allow Mode Shifts to be activated using multiple buttons.
• Fixed SteamController receiving random haptic events when playing No Man's Sky
• Fixed an error on the virtual menu settings when bound to gyro.
• Fixed an issue on Linux where controllers could get stuck in a slot other than the first one, if multiple controllers were connected and the primary one disconnected.
• Fixed an issue with trackpad momentum when the frame limiter is enabled in gamescope.
• Fixed issue with Touch Menus created inside Virtual Menus page not accepting Mode Shift buttons in the new Multi Button Mode shift interface.
• Added support for the 8BitDo Micro gamepad.
• Fixed opening one Joy-Con of a pair when the other is disconnected on Windows.
• Fixed hotplug detection of wired Nintendo Switch Pro controllers on macOS.
• Fixed ability to delete an action added to a button after it was used to activate a mode shift.
• Fixed deleting a Virtual Menu if it was generated within the Virtual Menu sub page, as opposed to being created from a "Source" dropdown menu.
• Re-enabled auto gyro polling rate detection for wired connections but not wireless ones.
• Fixed a rare crash in configurations with multiple command bindings.

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