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A new Steam Deck Beta Client update was released yesterday, and it has a very interesting fix that should improve battery life a bit. The polling rate for the Steam Frame Limiter has been reduced to save battery life. Valve has noted this could save up to 6% on battery life when playing a low-power game like Half-Life 2 at 30 FPS, but these savings should be seen across the board to some degree. It may not be a lot, but extra battery is extra battery! We also have two errors fixed for the downloads page and virtual menu settings.

You can download the update yourself in the System Settings on the Steam Deck. Make sure your update channel is set to Beta or Preview.

Steam Deck Beta Client 2/14/25 Update Changelog:

General

  • Fixed an error on the Downloads page when a Free to Play game is removed during installation

Steam Input

  • Reduced polling rate while the Steam Frame Limiter is active to save additional power. This can save up to 6% on battery life when running at 30fps in a low-power game like HL2
  • Fixed an error on the virtual menu settings when bound to gyro

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Noah Kupetsky
A lover of gaming since 4, Noah has grown up with a love and passion for the industry. From there, he started to travel a lot and develop a joy for handheld and PC gaming. When the Steam Deck released, it just all clicked.
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