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A new Steam Deck Beta Client update was released yesterday that fixes up multiple issues, with most of them affecting Desktop clients over the Game Mode one on Steam Deck. In general, we have a Game Notes fix for an issue that popped up when enabling/disabling spell checking, while also fixing a hardware video acceleration setting. On the Desktop, we have two fixes for Nvidia cards, as well as some failures when exporting video clips and audio capture.

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 11/25/24 Update Changelog:

General

  • Fixed game notes being reset sometimes when enabling/disabling spell checking.
  • Fixed hardware video acceleration setting showing as enabled when GPU accelerated rendering in webviews is disabled (both must be enabled for hardware video acceleration to work).

Game Recording (Desktop Changes)

  • Fixed issue preventing audio capture by the steam overlay in some games on Windows
  • Fixed issue preventing Linux users with Nvidia cards from using their GPU to accelerate video encoding
  • Fixed issue causing some users to encounter failures while exporting video clips

Remote Play (Desktop Changes)

  • Fixed issue preventing Linux users with Nvidia cards from using their GPU to accelerate video encoding

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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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