Steam Deck Client Update Gets Rid of Notifications When Reconnecting to Steam

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A new Steam Deck Client update was released recently that brought forward some wonderful improvements to the client that we recently saw go into beta. In-game notifications for friends in a game will no longer re-appear when reconnecting to Steam, which is massive for me, and some errors were corrected for accessing notes and receiving a voice chat invite. The default startup animation when docked has also been fixed, and the Backup Game Files dialog will complete correctly.

You can download and install the new update through the System settings on your Steam Deck.

Steam Deck Client Update 1/28/25 Update Changelog:

General

• When reconnecting to Steam (including when resuming from suspend), in game notifications will no longer appear for friends currently in a game.
• Fixed an error when accessing notes.
• Fixed an error when receiving a voice chat invite.
• Fixed default startup animation when docked.

Desktop Mode

• Fixed the refresh button on the server browser dialog needing to be scrolled into view.
• Fixed the Backup Game Files dialog sometimes failing to complete.

Steam Input

• Fixed L3/R3 buttons not working on fightsticks or other devices that don't have left/right stick analog axes.

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