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Steam Client Update Released

Client Update - Valve

Jan 8, 2019

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

General

Improved Steam client responsiveness while downloading games
Fixed some places where recently played games list was truncated to 5 items
Fixed a rare crash if getting local network address failed on a local network connection
Fixed an issue where trying to buy or sell items in the overlay could result in an empty browser window when Family View was active

Windows

Improved automatic discovery of HTTP proxies on some types of restrictive networks, which will allow users on those networks to download game content and other HTTP content while using the Steam client

Steam Input

Added support for PowerA wired/wireless GameCube Style controllers and PowerA Enhanced Wireless Controller
Added support for PDP Faceoff Wired Pro Controller

Big Picture Mode

In-Home Streaming

Re-enabled support for streaming from Mac OS X Mojave (requires 10.14.1 or newer)

macOS

Fixed an issue where friends list and chat windows would continually freeze and duplicate when running with a secondary monitor attached with a different DPI setting than the primary monitor

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