Valve released a new version of SteamOS in Preview for Steam Deck, along with a Steam Client Beta for Steam Deck and Desktop Steam also being released. So here’s what you need to know.
For SteamOS 3.5.15 that’s in Preview the changes are:
- Improved gamut mapping for HDR titles on Deck OLED.
- Improved handling of GPU crashes.
You’ll need to opt into the Preview update channel to try it: Settings > System > System Update Channel.
For the Steam Deck Client Beta here’s the changes:
- Fixed game news sometimes appearing out of order in game details activity feed.
- Removed duplicate friend counter on game capsules
- Added a privacy icon to your own in-game status at the top of the friends list if you are in a private game to indicate the status is shown only to you.
And then finally the Desktop Steam Beta changes:
- Fixed game news sometimes appearing out of order in game details activity feed.
- Removed duplicate friend counter on game capsules.
- Fixed bug which would sometimes cause steam to show UI and take focus if configured to run at system startup.
- Fixed bug which would sometimes cause Update News window to take focus from other Steam windows.
- Added a privacy icon to your own in-game status at the top of the friends list if you are in a private game to indicate the status is shown only to you.
- Fixed a crash when launching a VR game while using SteamVR v1.27.5.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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