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A new Steam Deck Beta Client update was released today that fixed up a solid amount of issues across the board. If you have tons of screenshots like I do, a stall that could happen is now fixed, child accounts of Steam Families can adjust the brightness of their screen, there's a new View in Library button for games on the downloads page, and the Joystick mode won't ignore sensitivity settings anymore. There was also a problem where navigation menus would stop showing up after closing a game in Desktop mode, but that has now been fixed.

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 1/14/25 Update Changelog:

General

  • Fixed a stall in games after taking a screenshot for users with very large numbers of local screenshots (10's of thousands)
  • Fixed cases where repeatedly accessing the controller configurator in the overlay would leave extra instances of it in the backstack after exiting the game
  • Allow child accounts to adjust the brightness of the screen
  • Added "View In Library" to the context menu for games on the downloads page
  • Clicking on the game image of the actively downloading item on the downloads page will now navigate to the game's library page.
  • Fixed a case where bluetooth devices would sometimes show as a generic device under Settings->Bluetooth instead of showing as their specific type (e.g. gamepad/headphones)
  • Fixed a rare crash that could happen when scanning for WiFi devices under Settings->Internet

Desktop Mode

  • Fixed a case where navigation menus stopped showing after closing a game

Steam Input

  • Fixed a case where the title of the configuration in the summary screen would break after making an edit
  • Fixed a case where inputs with multiple bindings would show up as \[object] \[object] after removing a binding
  • Fixed SIAPI trigger bindings sometimes not working when bound to buttons
  • Fixed Gyro as Joystick mode ignoring sensitivity settings

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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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