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A new Steam Deck Beta Client update was released that has some nice fixes across the board. Caching for Soundtrack album covers in the library has been improved, and a rare crash when plugging in a mouse and keyboard has been fixed. We also have visualization of mode shifts to the Preview Layout page in Steam Input and now have the ability to have a mode shift without needing to have a mode already enabled.
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 1/17/25 Update Changelog:
General
- Fixed a rare crash when hotplugging a mouse and keyboard
- Improved caching of Soundtrack album covers in library
Steam Input
- Added visualization of mode shifts to the Preview Layout page
- Added the ability to have a mode shift without needing to have a mode already on a source
- Fixed a case where mode shift bindings leftover from a bug in 2019 could activate a mode shift that was disabled in the UI
- Fixed detecting thumbsticks that have been mapped to a D-pad in controller setup
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