New Steam Deck Client Update Shows Bluetooth Battery Info, Adds Remote Play Pairing, and More: - Steam Deck HQ (2024)

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Jun 14, 2024

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The next Steam Deck Client update for the stable branch arrived yesterday, and if you tend to use Bluetooth devices with your Deck often, you will find a lot to love here. In the new update, we can now see battery information for Bluetooth devices that are connected, as well as toggle which devices are able to wake the Steam Deck up from sleep. Both of these can improve using the devices with the Deck, which I am extremely happy about.

We have a bunch of bug fixes too, like web browsers showing blank page entries when navigating backwards and fixing games with file names containing spaces not exiting when forced to. The magnifier scale can now be configured in the Display Settings, gyro to mouse behavior has been improved in Steam Input when connected over Bluetooth, there's now a one time pairing for Remote Play, and the app activity feed should refresh more reliably.

All in all, this is a welcome update, and you can download and install it in your System Settings on the Steam Deck.

Steam Deck Client 6/13/24 Update Changelog:

General

• Show battery information for connected Bluetooth devices under Settings->Bluetooth and in the Quick Access menu.
• Added a per-device toggle to Settings->Bluetooth that controls whether a device is allowed to wake Steam Deck from sleep.
• Fixed a bug that would cause the UI to show stale data for Bluetooth devices.
• Fixed web browsers showing blank page entries when navigating back.
• Fixed games with file names containing spaces not exiting when forced.
• Fixed clickable screenshots in the post-game summary and library screenshot section not opening the screenshot dialog to the correct item.
• Fixed some cases where the Guide Button/Steam button would require two presses to open the Steam menu.
• The magnifier scale can now be configured in Settings->Display.
• Made client settings visible but generally unchangeable when Family View is active.
• Fixed chat notification sounds sometimes playing even if friends & chat was disabled in Family View.

Steam Input

• Improved Gyro To Mouse behavior when connected over bluetooth.
• Fixed incorrect glyphs displaying for Nintendo controllers in configurator.
• Added "Universal Face Button Glyphs" toggle in controller settings.
• Fixed rumble not working on the DualSense controller when connected over BT.
• Fixed Some binds (System, ActionSets, Camera) not appearing in Activator Slots.
• Added exclusion of Gyro Activation Buttons from controller configs that don't have those buttons.
• Fixed issue with stale bindings on Quick Settings menu when multiple controllers are plugged in.

Library

• Fixed app activity feed to refresh more reliably.
• Fixed comments sometimes getting lost on achievement unlock events in the app activity feed.

Desktop Mode

• Fixed friends & chat buttons sometimes not working when starting in Family View.
• Fixed user persona not displaying in title bar when starting in Family View.
• Fixed PIN entry dialog not getting input focus when unlocking Family View.

Friends / Chat

• Reduced network traffic on connect and reconnect.

Remote Play

• Added a one time pairing step when streaming from a remote computer.
• The Remote Play Together UI is always available in the Steam overlay for supported games.

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