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General

• Updated Web control to Chromium version 45.0.2454.85
  
• Added a notification bar for users who haven't yet added a phone number, to let them know what a good idea it is to have a secure means of recovering their account
  
• Added a separate library category for SteamVR-enabled games
  
• Improved UI responsiveness when adding a firewall rule for a game you are installing
  
• No longer show a top level dialog box for a group event, if you are in game or your friends status is 'busy'
  
• Fixed occasional crash when trying to view users without tags in the friends list
  
• Fixed getting a login dialog in Steam when trying to watch a video that you are already watching in another location
  
• Fixed Workshop downloads being stuck in some cases
  
• Fixed bug causing category info to be missing from the Library in Offline Mode, and sometimes cleared permanently when going back online
  
• Fixed failing to load external Steam content libraries when they shared path names
  

Big Picture

• First phase of UI refresh including the Home screen, Library, Community and Friends
  
• Added ability to search inside of your Library
  
• Added native Big Picture UI for viewing your achievements, leaderboards, screenshots, artwork, videos, and Workshop Items
  
• Moved access to the Web and Friends panels to the Left and Right shoulder buttons on the controller
  
• Added ability to move the on screen keyboard position when using the Web Browser by pressing the X button
  
• Added additional communication around controller support when viewing games in your library
  
• Added game badge progress in Library detail view
  
• Improved the interaction when using only a mouse in the Library view
  
• Block game controller events when using the Overlay while in game
  
• When using the mouse only hide the cursor once we see keyboard or gamepad input
  
• Fixed URL entry into the Web Browser not submitting correctly
  
• Fixed crash if you mashed the A button on a game controller while accepting a EULA for a game on launch
  
• Fixed situations where Big Picture did not receive focus correctly after exiting a game
  
• Fixed being unable to remove favorites in the web view
  
• Fixed games not installing correctly if you did several in a short period
  

In-Home Streaming

• Fixed failing to reconnect to a host that you were previously streaming from
  
• Added streaming controller support for Fairy Bloom Freesia and Ys Origin
  
• Fixed graphical issues streaming Dandelion - Wishes brought to you -
  
• Temporarily disabled support for Mac OS X as a streaming host
  
• Fixed a recent bug which could cause the screen to stop drawing while audio still plays
  

SteamOS/Linux

• Fixed audio port selection not changing when sound cards change
  
• Fixed audio settings wizard to correctly handle unavailable ports
  
• Fixed duplicate entries in audio output selection
  

Mac OS X

• We are deprecating support for OS X 10.6 in November 2015
  

Streaming Video

• Localize video controls and messages to match current Steam Client language
  

Music

• Added support for FLAC, OGG Vorbis, and M4A (both AAC and Apple Lossless)
  
• Added the ability to seek within a playing track
  

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General

• Fixed choosing “Retry” on connection issues dialog to retry immediately without losing saved credentials and requiring you to re-type your password
  
• Fixed Workshop downloads not starting in some cases while being in game.
  

Big Picture

• Added the ability to select the On-Screen keyboard style you want to use by default (Daisy-wheel or the traditional layout)
  
• Fixed continuous error dialog on login if you entered your SteamGuard token incorrectly
  

In-Home Streaming

• Fixed NVIDIA hardware encoding for ARK: Survival Evolved and other games using R10G10B10A2 backbuffer format
  

Streaming Video

• Added a Videos filter to the Big Picture Library
  
• Added clearer identification of videos in Big Picture Store and Library
  
• Added support for adding free videos to library in Big Picture
  

VR Mode

• Added a title bar button to switch in and out of VR mode.
  

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General

• Improved video playback compatibility on Windows 7
  

Big Picture

• Fixed styles on system menu while Family View is active.
  
• Fixed inventory viewer not being blocked while Family View is active.
  

Workshop

• Fixed issue repeatedly trying to download older Workshop items and in-game guides that cannot be downloaded properly (e.g. proxy issues)
  

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Big Picture

• - Enabled new community and profile features. Market, game hubs, workshop, and inventory are now available natively in Big Picture mode
  
• - Made holding down the Guide button on a game controller for more than a second jump you right to the Exit menu
  
• - Updated the Friends interface to make more options natively available
  
• - Updated the System Menu (accessed by the Guide button on a game controller) to let you more easily navigate within Big Picture
  
• - Added support for German, Italian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian keyboard layouts in the on screen keyboard
  
• - When holding either trigger keys with the on screen keyboard the shifted mode now stays set
  

General

• - Updated the web component to CEF version 43.0.2357.81
  
• - Updated the downloads page to show disk usage as MB/sec
  
• - Fixed the friends menu items in the right click system menu not setting state correctly when selected
  
• - Fixed some cases where audio in other applications would get muted by Windows when using games with Steam Voice
  
• - Fixed showing launch option for additional DLC before content finished installing
  

Steam Video

• - Added a custom video player for watching streaming videos
  
• - Enabled playback in Big Picture including controller support
  

In-Home Streaming and Broadcasting

• - Fixed crash when video recording starts in some D3D11 games
  
• - Fixed minimizing game window when live broadcast starts
  

Overlay

• - Improved the friends UI performance with very large friends lists
  

Windows

• - Fixed bugs when maximizing windows on a secondary monitor which is larger than the primary monitor
  

SteamOS, Linux and Mac OS X

• - Fixed having to unlock the web player when watching broadcasts each time Steam is launched
  

An update has been released for the Steam Client and will be automatically downloaded.

General

• Added integration with Steam Refunds and Support Site
  
• Reduced the delay when reconnecting to Steam after waking from sleep or changing networks
  
• Reduced the amount of disk space necessary to decrypt a preloaded game
  
• Fixed the "Quit" option in the offline-mode startup dialog box not quitting Steam immediately
  
• Fixed showing launch option for additional DLC before content finished installing
  
• Fixed odd menu behavior when clicking between Steam windows while a menu is visible
  
• Fixed a bug where AltGr+Key on non-US keyboards would trigger Ctrl+Key shortcuts
  
• Fixed bugs when using Alt+Left/Right (Mac: Cmd+Left/Right) to navigate main window history
  
• Fixed keystrokes in web views being diverted to the Find popup even after it is dismissed
  
• Fixed choppy framerate when watching broadcasts or videos in a background window
  
• Fixed situations where the Status menu checkmark could disappear or otherwise not match your actual online status
  
• Reduced length of the suggested folder name for backups of multiple games

Big Picture

• Fixed a bug where the web browser would not scroll to the top when "Home" is pressed
  
• Improved support for collecting information during pre-purchase checkout
  
• Fixed a rare bug that could block users from completing Big Picture login after a password reset
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause disabled UI elements to incorrectly appear active

In-Home Streaming

• Fixed a bug that blocked reconnection to the host for a short time after ending a stream
  
• Fixed a bug where attaching a Xbox 360 Controller mid-game could generate unexpected controller input

Windows

• Fixed a bug where Steam windows could move completely off-screen if maximized on a secondary monitor which contains the taskbar and is to the left of the primary monitor

Mac OS X

• Fixed a bug which rendered black pages instead of web content for some users
  
• Added Command-[ and Command-] hotkeys for forward and back navigation
  
• Reduced energy impact of leaving Steam running in the background

Linux/SteamOS

• Improved font appearance of cross-language CJK characters when running with Japanese language settings
  
• Fixed an issue under network settings that would show invalid/missing networks as configurable

(NOTE: This update was re-released on May 15 to include a new security fix.)

An update has been released for the Steam Client and will be automatically downloaded.

General

• Updated the web control to CEF version 41.0.2272.104
  
• Improved CPU and memory usage in the web control
  
• Changed the "Verify Integrity" progress box to permit access to the rest of the Steam client
  
• Fixed cases where the server browser did not respect the current pings-per-minute limit
  
• Fixed bugs which caused CD key receipts to print incorrectly
  
• Fixed failure to back up all game content in certain cases (eg. for FSX)
  
• Fixed a denial-of-service exploit that could be used to crash Steam remotely. (Thanks to Elvis Collado of HP DVLabs working with HP's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this exploit.)
  

Big Picture

• Added the ability to filter your friends list
  
• Added a disk management page to settings that lets you view and delete installed games
  
• Stopped displaying daisy wheel for checkboxes and other non-text inputs on web forms
  

In-Home Streaming

• Fixed a crash when exiting the streaming client
  

Windows

• Fixed compatibility issues preventing Steam from starting on older Athlon XP CPUs
  
• Fixed a bug which could result in two screenshots for a single key press in games which process input via both DirectInput and Win32 messages
  

Linux

• Fixed double-triggering of the Enter key when typing in text fields on web pages
  

NOTE: this update was re-released on 4/13 to address a crash which affected dedicated servers for some multi-player games.

An update has been released for the Steam Client and will be automatically downloaded.

General

• Added the ability to set command-line launch options for non-Steam game shortcuts
  
• Fixed crash when taking screenshots in some games launched from Big Picture mode
  
• Fixed non-responsive UI buttons in the Steam Overlay music browser
  
• Fixed loss of mouse input in the Steam Overlay after visiting certain Web pages (such as Vimeo or YouTube)
  
• Fixed situations where selecting a game from Downloads would not navigate to the correct Library page
  

Big Picture

• Fixed incorrect rejection of password-protected beta entry for certain games in Big Picture
  
• Fixed non-responsive mouse on Web pages with small amounts of vertical or horizontal scrolling
  
• Fixed bad image placement and text layout in game descriptions which contain inline images
  

In-Home Streaming

• Improved compatibility and performance when streaming fullscreen DX9 games
  
• Improved compatibility with additional games using DX10/11
  
• Fixed mouse input for Metro: Last Light, Kerbal Space Program, and other games
  
• Fixed a bug which could cause the mouse cursor to drift or snap back to old positions
  
• Fixed bugs with desktop streaming when the top-left monitor is not the primary monitor
  
• Fixed crash when quitting a streamed game while a game controller is connected
  
• Fixed crash when using NVIDIA hardware encoding on Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
  

Windows

• Fixed occasional pauses/hangs in some games that use Steamworks peer-to-peer networking features
  

Linux

• Fixed bug that re-enabled WiFi adapters when launching the Steam Client (intended for SteamOS only)
  

SteamOS

• Fixed a Steam client crash when inputting advanced network settings
  

Steam Client Update Released

An update has been released for the Steam Client and will be automatically downloaded.

General

• Fixed loading Workshop items in offline mode
  
• Fixed rare corruption of downloaded workshop content
  
• Removed out of date chat dialog notice about "new" item trading feature on first use
  
• Hid unrelated Steam Overlay UI when authorizing an in-game transaction
  

Broadcast

• Added automatically lowering encoding settings if machine is unable to encode at the minimum required frame rate
  
• Added mini mode for viewing a broadcast so viewers can continue to watch a broadcast while also using the Steam Client window
  
• Added pop out button to move viewing a broadcast from the Steam Client window to a new window
  
• Added viewing a broadcast through Big Picture
  
• Added support for recording only game audio from 64-bit processes on Windows 8
  
• Fixed needing to approve the first viewer of a broadcast twice
  

In-Home Streaming

• Fixed regression recording audio on Linux
  
• Fixed crash when In-Home Streaming host machine failed to initialize Nvidia hardware encoding or had SLI enabled
  
• Fix capture logic for windows which span multiple monitors
  
• Add support for games which directly set the mouse cursor position
  
• Implemented streaming controller support for Far Cry 4 and Gone Home
  

In-Home Streaming & Broadcast

• Fixed audio crackle and audio loss experienced by some users after 20+ minutes of streaming on Windows
  
• Extended DirectX 10/11 video recording to support additional games, including Cities: Skylines
  
• Fixed recording audio on computers that have been running for a significant amount of time without a reboot (multiple weeks)
  
• Fixed rare crash when audio recording device returned incorrect timestamps
  

Big Picture

• Added support for the new Steam controller. The older generation Steam controller is no longer supported.
  
• Fixed current view in the web favorites page being incorrect if you closed multiple tabs at a single time
  
• Fixed possible process hang when stopping video playback
  
• Fixed regressed layout of movie player controls
  
• Fixed rare blank UI if you hit escape at the wrong time during the splash screen
  
• Added hardware pages in Steam Store
  
• When launching a game that is already running, attempt to switch to that game instead of showing an error message
  

Windows

• Fixed blocking problem affecting some uses of peer-to-peer networking API
  

Linux

• Fixed some web pages not displaying if the content was static
  
• Fixed some games failing to draw text
  

Steam Client Update Released

An update has been released for the Steam Client and will be automatically downloaded.

General

• Added UI listing your owned DLC in the library details view
  
• Changed recent games lists to include recent purchases as well as recently played
  
• Added a new Browser settings page with new option to delete the cookies use by the built in Steam browser
  
• Fixed some cases where certain long chat messages could cause long client hangs
  
• Fixed drop down options in settings dialog initially showing as blank
  
• Fixed a crash in OpenGL games when taking a screenshot or recording video
  
• Fixed multiple crashes on shutdown & client restart for update
  
• Fixed check boxes in list panels flickering or not rendering immediately after mouse wheel scroll of the list
  
• Improved responsiveness of library details view for games where you have many friends who play
  
• Fixed case where running a game that has Cloud Sync disabled, when in Offline Mode, could cause existing Cloud files to be overwritten
  
• Fixed rare crash updating task bar icon jump list contents on Windows
  
• Changed menu item to use web site to find driver updates for AMD graphics cards
  
• Fixed bug detecting Windows Compatibility mode set on the Steam Client
  

Big Picture

• Improved scroll bar behavior when dragging or clicking the bar/thumb regions with the mouse
  
• Fixed potential out-of-memory crash when changing from Steam to Big Picture mode or back again
  
• Improved slider control behavior
  
• Performance improvements for situations with many UI panels updating/painting
  
• Fixed a case where the activity feed could fail to load the right pane contents for roll ups with a large number of items
  
• Fixed a bug where font styling on ranges within labels could be invalid after a resolution change
  
• Fixed video playback over SSL
  
• Fixed a rare crash trying to load zero byte image content
  
• Fixed a crash when playing video
  
• Fixed rare hang on launch or when switching from Steam to Big Picture on Linux
  
• Fixed some text not rendering on Linux
  

Broadcast

• Added option to record only game audio (new default for all broadcasts)
  
• Broadcasts are now more resilient to failures with system audio recording
  
• Improved mixing of game/system audio and microphone
  
• Fixed some games minimizing when full screen and a broadcast starts
  
• Fixed broadcaster not seeing chat messages if broadcast was stopped then started again during the same game session
  
• Added video encoder tuning setting (prioritize video quality or capture performance)
  
• Fixed regression which would result in broadcasts unexpectedly stopping, usually with "Missing Keyframe"
  
• Fixed changing between push to talk vs. voice activated microphone recording during a broadcast
  
• Don’t show Broadcast notifications in-game if user is offline
  
• Audio from games that require exclusive access to the sound card can be recorded when using the record only game audio setting
  
• Fixed scaling when recording video in OpenGL Core games
  

In-Home Streaming

• Optimized slice encoding for client decoding capabilities
  
• Fixed crash if Big Picture is opened while streaming
  
• Fixed possible crash when starting a stream
  

Workshop

• Improved caching of downloaded workshop items
  
• Fixed a bug publishing a Workshop item with a preview image when using an external tool
  

Virtual Reality Mode

• Fixed a bug where the Steam Client could crash when launching certain VR games
  

Mac OSX

• Fixed a bug causing Elder Scrolls Online to crash on startup when run through Steam
  

Steam Client Update Released

An update has been released for the Steam Client and will be automatically downloaded. This minor release also includes all changes from the January 19 client release, detailed here.

General

• Fixed taking screenshots and video capture in some OpenGL games
  
• Fixed workshop items not always downloading immediately when subscribed to
  
• Fixed a potential crash when shutting down the Steam client
  

Mac OS X

• Fixed a crash when watching broadcast streams in full screen mode
  

Big Picture

• Fixed network errors during checkout/purchasing