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Steam Deck Beta Client Update – 1/12/23

Valve pushed out a new small Steam Deck Beta Client update that just focuses on a couple of fixes for Steam Input and some general issues.

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A new update to the Steam Deck Beta Client branch was pushed out today! This was a small one with 5 fixes and the addition of being able to bring up the onscreen keyboard when in Big Picture mode and the Steam window isn’t in focus:

General

  • Fixed regression causing “Maximum number of clients reached” issue
  • Fixed issue opting in to some game beta branches
  • Fixed Patch Notes button on Downloads page entries
  • Allow onscreen keyboard to be activated while in New Big Picture Mode and Steam window is not focused
  • Fixed some issues where onscreen keyboard and controller configurator windows could not be reactivated after closing

Steam Input

  • Fixed issue w/ Joystick Deadzone visualization not updating

You can view the full changelog and discussion over on Steam.

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A lover of gaming since 4, Noah has grown up with a love and passion for the industry. From there, he started to travel a lot and develop a joy for handheld and PC gaming. When the Steam Deck released, it just all clicked.

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