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A new Steam Deck Beta Client update was released with some nice fixes and adjustments. The HDR brightness slider in the Quick Access menu was fixed, while the Horipad Steam Controller got Nintendo Switch controller configurations in Steam Input. The Discovery Queue was updated to reflect recent changes with the web version, and the "Choose a Configuration" page has some new quality-of-life improvements.
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 12/20/24 Update Changelog:
General
- Discovery Queue: Smoothed out user experience and brought up to date with recent changes to web version.
- Fixed brightness slider (HDR) in Quick Access Menu
Steam Input
- Added Nintendo Switch controller configurations to the options shown by default for the Wireless HORIPAD for Steam so that gyro configurations are more easily found
- Fixed an issue where previewing a configuration, then editing your original configuration could corrupt it
- Made the "Choose a Configuration" page remember which tab you were on when returning from previewing a configuration
- Made the "Choose a Configuration" page remember the setting to show/hide configurations from other controller types
- Fixed a crash in Drill Core when Steam Input is enabled with a gamepad config
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What exactly was wrong with the HDR slider? The fact that it was greyed out? I cant seem to get HDR games to look like they used too. Was that all part of the issue?