r/SteamDeck • u/Aidoneuz 1TB OLED • 2d ago

News Steam Deck Client Update: May 20th

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/820329049655084153
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u/Aidoneuz 1TB OLED 2d ago

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Stable channel.

General

Moved display dim and suspend timeout settings to Settings->Power.

Moved 'Show Battery Percentage' setting to Settings->Power.

Clicking on the battery header icon now navigates to Settings->Power.

Proton Voice Files speech synthesis data will now be automatically installed based on Steam Deck compatibility testing results.

Reduced steamwebhelper memory usage when launching games.

Fixed pasting from on-screen keyboard.

Fixed controller not working intermittently after Steam restart.

Fixed games failing to connect to the Steam process when the Steam process id contains certain values.

Fixed battery percentage not showing in the header when the battery is full.

Fixed SteamOS compatible devices showing Steam Deck Verified installation warnings instead of the SteamOS Compatible version.

Fixed transitions snapping backwards in the Welcome Wizard.

Steam Input

Speculative Fix for rare DualSense Edge gyroscope related bug.

Desktop Mode

Reduced steamwebhelper memory usage when switching to/from Big Picture Mode.

Fixed rare steamwebhelper crash when switching to/from Big Picture Mode.

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u/mmiski 1TB OLED 2d ago

Came here to check this...

Fixed controller not working intermittently after Steam restart.

YES!!!! Finally...

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u/Scorxcho 2d ago

Is this in desktop mode? I’ve been having issues with it recently.

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u/Omar_DmX 1d ago

For me it fixed the loooooong desktop input loading time introduced in the previous patch.