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Dec 16, 2022

Client Update - Valve

Note: This update was re-released Jan 26 to fix redeeming purchased game content.

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

New Big Picture Mode

Fixed gamepad focus issues in Steam store
Fixed footer buttons sometimes not appearing in Steam store

Dec 1, 2022

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

General

Fixed display of the Update News and other popup dialogs w/ GPU accelerated rendering disabled
Fixed size of content in Update news dialog when running with Windows text scaling >100%

Steam Input

Change the "add command" and "add subcommand" options to take you directly to the binding screen
Fixed an issue introduced in a recent update to the old Big Picture configurator causing the names of new virtual menu bindings to be displayed incorrectly
Fixed controllers being treated as Xbox One controllers by default when defining their layout
Fixed the L3/R3 buttons not being detected for some third party PS3 controllers
Added Left and Right Stick Deflection as an option for Gyro Activation Buttons. Stick deflection is no longer considered a part of "Touch" (Cap Sense) on SteamDeck.
Fixed rumble for Switch Pro Controllers attached over USB

New Big Picture Mode

Fixed display of the new Big Picture Mode window with w/ GPU accelerated rendering disabled
Added confirmation dialogs for the power menu options to restart and shutdown your PC
Fixed a case where switching Virtual Menus w/ an action set, layer, or modeshift could cause them to stop working in the new Big Picture Mode overlay
Fixed crash when touching gift or new inventory item notification
Fixed "show password" toggle to show/hide the password
Fixed On Screen Keyboard no longer showing when requested by the game or Proton
Fixed an issue where context menus would not properly highlight focused items
Fixed crash when exiting a 1-on-1 voice chat
Fixed an issue where notification toasts would fail to appear

Remote Play

Fixed getting the wrong personalization (colors, etc.) for streaming PS4 controllers
Fixed streaming Bluetooth controllers not turning off

Linux

Fixed overlay causing crashes on some native games (Borderlands 2)

Nov 16, 2022

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

Note: This update was re-released to fix a browser crash on Linux.

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

New Big Picture Mode

Updated Big Picture is now available for testing. You can read more about it in this blog post. Modify your Steam client shortcut and add -gamepadui on the command-line to automatically start Steam in the new Big Picture Mode. Alternatively, pass -newbigpicture to start in Desktop mode and have access to the new Big Picture Mode at any time.

General

Reduced client startup times for users with large game libraries
Fixed issue where launching a game would take longer to start if there was no network connection
Fixed VR flags not showing up in app details for some games
Center the popup controller configurator window when viewing controller layout
Fixed circular download progress indicator being broken in game entry list
Fixed downloads page crashing when starting in offline mode
Downloads page now properly responds to online/offline status
Updated “Steam News” popup dialog (again)

Sign In

Fix a case where if the sign-in UI had cached credentials which had become invalid, it could get stuck and not accept valid credentials thereafter
Fixed an input focus bug requiring an initial click on the sign in UI before you could type your username or password
Fixed issues with dragging or closing the sign in window, and related display scaling issues, on computers with nonstandard desktop scaling
Fixed an edge case in handling of invalid cached credentials affecting reauthentication
Fixed issue with sign in refresh UI when the user had already signed in once during the current session.

Steam Input

Gyro Enabling: The "Touch" option is now available to controllers which do not have capacitive touch sensors - Moving joysticks out of their deadzone now counts as a "Touch".
All controller types can each now optionally choose to use a Nintendo-style layout. This flips the A and B button and X and Y button universally in Steam and in games.
The Xbox extended features driver has been updated for Windows 11
Fixed hang when the Amazon Luna controller rumbles on macOS
Fixed issue with the touch binding in As Mouse mode releasing before the end of a swipe

Remote Play

Fixed occasional long hitches during Windows desktop capture
Fixed glyphs for third party Nintendo controllers while streaming

SteamVR

Fixed issue that caused some OpenXR app images to not appear properly in SteamVR

Oct 18, 2022

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

Note: This update was re-released later in the day on October 18th to help reduce the number of server calls made by the client.

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

Library

Added a section to display a rollup of new DLC and other game content that has been released since you last visited a game's library page. Once visible, this section will automatically hide after a short period of time.
Rebuilt how featured game news is displayed on library game pages. It is now displayed as a featured post at the top of the activity feed to improve readability and reduce the required work for game devs. The entry is shown for a short period of time before returning to its chronological spot in the activity feed.
Updated the presentation of the new DLC added to your account section on library game pages.
Changed how major updates are displayed in the library activity section to make them easier to find.

Oct 11, 2022

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

New Steam Sign In UI

Now enabled for all users
QR Code sign in now available
Read this announcement for more details

Sign In UI

Fixed username and password fields flashing briefly at the end of a successful sign in
Fixed automated login with credentials provided on the command line
Fixed Steam Guard code input accepting and potentially submitting with invalid characters
Fixed confirmation-based mobile sign-ins not successfully approving login when client asked for Steam Guard code instead
Added explicit messaging for failures related to too many retries

Oct 6, 2022

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

Sign In UI

Updated sign in UI look and feel

Games to Play Together

Allow friend search by nickname or persona name
Include free to play games that have been played by the friend in Games to Play Together filters
Fixed issue with “Find Games to Play with Friends” showing games that your friend is sharing with you

Library

Fixed text display cropping issue with library filter tags

Steam Cloud

Fixed showing “Cloud Sync Failure” dialog on game launch when in Offline mode

In-Game Overlay

Improve overlay responsiveness in some edge cases for users with large friends lists or large numbers of incoming friends requests.

Remote Play

Fixed rare cases of keyboard input arriving out of order

Sep 22, 2022

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

Note: This update was re-released on September 28 to update and fix localization entries.

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

Games to Play Together

You can now add Friends as a filter under Advanced Filtering in your Library. It will show games you have in common.
Right-click on any user in Chat or your Friends List to Find Games to Play Together and it will auto-populate your filter while also applying the Multiplayer tag.
Right-click a Group Chat header to do the same with smaller group chats or voice channels (8 members or less)

General

In-game purchases on Mac and Linux will now use the updated purchase approval dialog
Reduced network usage at startup
Fixed issue causing games which are currently updating to not change to playable when going into Offline Mode unless Steam is restarted
Fixed link to downloads page not appearing at client startup if no downloads are ongoing
Fixed input of characters using AltGr on Windows in the Steam Login dialog and Steam Chat and web browsers in the Steam Overlay
Fixed community broadcast pop-out and closing of the mini-player view
Fixed client update dialog sometimes failing to display update notes
Updated embedded Chromium build in Steam to 85.0.4183.121

Remote Play

Greatly improved capture performance in Vulkan games
Fixed Remote Play launch hanging when the remote game had a cloud sync pending
Fixed black screen when streaming to a Linux computer

Steam Input

Steam no longer ignores PS4 controllers when DS4Windows is running, allowing DS4Windows to remap them normally
Added support for the Hori Fighting Stick α
Added support for Kinvoca Joy-Cons controllers
Default the names of generic gamepads to the device name reported over USB
Fixed not being able to press the mic button on PS5 controllers
Fixed displaying the name of Nintendo Online NES controllers
Fix an issue where Switch controllers could show up w/ a duplicate device
Fixed issues w/ Alt-Tabbing via Guide Button Chords
Added experimental support for PS3 controllers on macOS
Bring various bug fixes from the Steam Deck beta branch to fix those while streaming from the Desktop client
FlickStick Upgrade (inherited from CS:GO)
- New angle snapping options for initial Flick-Turns (None, 180, 90, 60, 45, Forward Deadzone Angle).
- Tunable Forward Deadzone Angle.
- Rapid consecutive Flick-Turns will be fully respected (the previous Flick-Turn was interrupted in the last version)
- Flick-Turn Duration becomes a tunable smoothing factor (low pass filter), instead of a fixed duration. The time to complete a turn is relative to the size of the angle being turned.
- Flick-Turn is smoothed based on how far the stick is thrown past the inner deadzone, for a less "surprising" Flick-Turn threshold.
- Sensitivity Setting becomes "Pixels Per Revolution" (This setting was previously pixels per half revolution).
- Sweep rotation sensitivity and smoothing can be tuned independent of Flick-Turn.
- More gradual rotation when stick is partially-thrown

Steam Overlay

Fixed web browser crash when loading certain blank URLs

macOS

Fixed incorrect placement of "Restore Window" button when client window is maximized

Linux

Fix entering characters in Steam Overlay that use an AltGr key sequence

Aug 18, 2022

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

Note: This update was re-released on August 30 with the following change: Reduced network usage at startup.
Note: This update was re-released on August 19 to fix an issue with Steam Chat window handling.

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

Steam Library

Fixed library crash when opening certain game news items
Fixed a library pause when a new screenshot is taken for a game with a large number of screenshots

Steam Cloud

Fixed persistent “Steam Cloud out of date” message for some apps which do not have Steam Cloud fully enabled

Steam Input

Improved support for the Nintendo Online classic controllers
Added support for Nintendo Joy-Con controllers, both individually as a mini-gamepad and combined into pairs

Remote Play

Fixed a rare freeze when using the on-screen keyboard in the controller overlay
Fixed left and right thumbstick movement leaking through to the remote side when using a PS4 controller in the controller overlay

Jul 27, 2022

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

General

Fixed resource usage of chat and web browser in Steam Overlay when hidden
Fixed playback of certain game preview videos in Steam Client
Fixed a case where Steamworks API calls could be briefly blocked by Steam client log file operations leading to micro-stutter in some games under very specific situations
Fixed the Steam Overlay not working with Vulkan 1.3 applications
Fixed crashes with Vulkan games using VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library

Steam Cloud

Fixed issue causing some users to be unable to disable Cloud Sync for their account.
Fixed for app launch stall if there are sync conflicts but Cloud Sync is disabled for the game or account

Steam Input

Added support for Nintendo Online classic controllers
Added support for the Qanba Obsidian and Dragon Arcade Joysticks
Added support for the HORI Fighting Stick mini 4
Show firmware update dialog for DualSense(tm) Wireless Controllers on Windows
Enable improved rumble emulation on DualSense(tm) Wireless Controllers with updated firmware
Fixed the "Your other games" section in the desktop version of the configurator not showing results
Fixed incorrect controller configuration loading when starting a Remote Play stream

Remote Play

Fix showing incorrect Steam Cloud Sync Failure for remote games

macOS/Linux

Fixed resource usage of chat and browsers when Steam client is minimized/closed

macOS

Fixed Steam Overlay not displaying in some Metal games

Linux

Fixed Steam Overlay "Force Quit" not working for some native Linux games
Fixed some games being unable to create desktop shortcuts
Fixed the Steam client triggering "split lock" warnings

May 31, 2022

Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

Note: This update was re-released on June 7 to fix some regressions in Remote Play.

Remote Play

Greatly improved desktop capture quality on Windows, now supporting variable framerates
Fixed crash on Windows when the stream resolution is changed
Fixed streaming connections failing after Steam has been restarted
Fixed Remote Play Together dialogs occasionally not resizing correctly
Fixed color quality when streaming from Linux to Steam Deck

macOS/Linux

Fixed game install/update failing for Steam libraries installed on a filesystem that does not support preallocation (e.g. ExFAT, FAT32)

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