We have just shipped an updated Steam Client to the Preview/Beta channel.
General
Allow changing account while a game is running. In this case, the change account dialog shows a warning that proceeding will close active games.
Steam shutdown now waits for just-exited games to finish cloud sync.
Added "Ask which account to use on startup" toggle to startup account chooser.
Eliminated "change account" confirmation dialog in most cases. Changing account while Steam is running now brings up the account chooser directly, then restarts as the chosen account.
The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:
General
Allow changing account while a game is running. In this case, the change account dialog shows a warning that proceeding will close active games.
Steam shutdown now waits for just-exited games to finish cloud sync.
Added "Ask which account to use on startup" toggle to startup account chooser.
Eliminated "change account" confirmation dialog in most cases. Changing account while Steam is running now brings up the account chooser directly, then restarts as the chosen account.
With so many amazing games on Steam, players are wishlisting more and more titles. Existing options like ranking and filtering are great, but players have asked for even more ways to manage their Steam wishlists. Today we're adding categorization as well as improved search and sharing to the wishlist. Read the full post below for the details, then try out all the new tools on your own wishlist.
Categories added to wishlist
First and foremost is the ability to create and assign custom categories to games on your wishlist. You might want to create a custom category for games you saw featured in a cool event, games best played with a controller, or even games you have in mind for someone else.
Adding custom categories is quick and easy...
Filter to a category by simply clicking on the category name at the top of your wishlist or next to the My Categories area of each game
Quickly add to your frequent categories from the "On Wishlist" dropdown on store pages
Customize wishlist notifications to only be sent for certain categories
Other improvements
We've improved the search experience on the wishlist page and enabled autocomplete for faster results
We now highlight when a game on your wishlist has a demo available. You can also be notified when a demo is released for a game in your wishlist.
Microtrailers are now shown when hovering each games capsule image
Navigating to/from your wishlist in a browser, mobile, Steam Client, or Steam OS does a better job of bringing you back to what you were looking at
Plus we've made some tweaks to the wishlist page to improve contrast and legibility
Sharing your wishlist
You can already share a link to your wishlist, now you can share a link to a specific category on your wishlist, or even a filtered view of your wishlist.
Clicking on the share button at the top of your wishlist gives you a unique URL to share with friends and family. People with the link can view the shared list even if your wishlist is set to private. Links can be revoked at any time.
This sharing link will only show the games in the your current filtered view. For example: you might want to share 'My Birthday List' with your family. From that shared link, your family can gift games directly to you, even if they don't have a Steam account...
More gifting improvements...
As we hinted at above, we suspect one common new category for wishlists will be games you want to buy for a friend or family member. With that in mind, we paired this wishlist change with a big update to gift purchasing on Steam. Check out all the gift improvements here!
Steam gifts are a popular way to send copies of games and digital gift cards to friends and family. Today we’re shipping some great new features that improve the gifting experience, making it easier to send both digital gift cards and games. These features pair nicely with the Wishlist categories and other improvements that are also now available.
Guest checkout
In 2024, we added guest checkout, which lets a family member or friend make a gift purchase without needing to create a Steam account. This feature was limited to digital gift cards and hardware purchases at the time.
Now guest checkout can be used to buy any game on Steam.
You can send a wishlist share link to a friend or family member and they can purchase gifts directly from that list without needing a Steam account themselves. If a guest wants to send a gift as a surprise they can send it to any email address instead.
Gift to email
Don't know your nephew's Steam account? No problem, both digital gift cards and games can now be sent directly to email recipients. And don't worry if your nephew's email address is the same one they use for their Steam account. The email will include a link to let them sign in to their account and accept the gift.
Please note that any gift email not accepted within 30 days will be automatically refunded, so they cannot be scheduled for future delivery. The recipient of the gift must also live in the same country as the purchaser.
Cross-region gifting
Buying a gift for a friend in a higher-priced region? In the past, digital gift cards were the solution for gifting, but that required you to know the full price of the game in your friend's region.
Now you can gift games directly to your friend. Steam will match the increased price in your friend's region at checkout. Your friend needs to be on your Steam friends list to send this type of gift.
Direct from wishlist
Sending a friend or family member a link to your wishlist is a great way to help them choose a great gift for your birthday or holiday. We have made a number of share link improvements, including:
You can now send a digital gift card or gift a game directly from someone's wishlist
You no longer need to be friends on Steam to send gifts
You can create a shared wishlist link that is filtered to specific games
When a friend or family member clicks on your shared wishlist link, if they choose to gift you a game, the gift recipient in the cart will be pre-populated with your information.
And remember from above, your friend or family member can checkout as a guest, without needing to create a Steam account
More wishlist improvements...
That wraps it up for today's gift related updates. Check out our Steam Wishlist announcement to learn about wishlist categories and other improvements that are now available.
We have just shipped an updated Steam Client update to the Stable channel.
General
Improved notification settings layout in some languages
Restored the full set of options to the 'Maximum Game Resolution' dropdown. They can be found under the 'More Options' sub-menu.
Fixed a case where the 'Patch Notes' preview box in Settings->System would incorrectly show an event for the wrong channel. E.g. showing Beta Channel notes when the client is opted in to the Stable Channel.
Fixed a crash when manually starting a game recording.
Fixed mouse cursor changing to resize cursor at screen edges.
Fixed a case where the controller pairing screen could pop up during controller firmware updates.
Desktop Mode
Fixed incorrect UI scale being used when in Big Picture Mode.
Steam Machine
Show Steam Machine Verified information on the game capsules in home, and on the game details screen.
Added 'Great on Machine' section to the Library
Steam Workshop
Re-worked system that managed what subscribed items needed to be updated.
Remote Play
Added 59.94 FPS as an available framerate limit
Reduced frame drops when the framerate limit is set to automatic
Fixed offline devices showing as streamable when they aren't.
Fixed overloading the client video decoder when unlimited bandwidth is enabled
Fixed mouse coordinates for input-only streaming
Fixed very low refresh rate on some systems, introduced in the last beta
Steam Input
Steam Controller: The Gyro Calibration Threshold has been set to 50% of the previous value so that it is less likely to trigger while in hand.
Steam Controller: Gyro Calibration threshold is now available in Steam->Settings->Controller->Details->Calibration & Advanced (Open)->Gyro Calibration.
Steam Controller: You can choose to disable hardware calibration and rely on the standard Steam Input Gyro Calibration tools instead, by using the "Enable Software Calibration for Steam Controller" toggle.
Steam Controller: Fixed Gyro stutter due to IMU timestamp being ignored.
Added support for both the wired and wireless versions of the PDP Afterglow Wave Controller for Nintendo Switch.
Added support for Turtle Beach controllers for Nintendo Switch 2.
Steam Controller Firmware
Fixed occasional repeated trackpad samples that caused issues with momentum during trackball mode.
Fixed an issue with unintentionally waking host devices while shutting down the controller.
Fixed an issue with occasional repeated button presses on the B Button.
A new Steam Client update has been released and will be automatically downloaded.
General
Improved notification settings layout in some languages.
Fixed a case where the controller pairing screen could pop up during controller firmware updates.
Steam Workshop
Re-worked system that managed what subscribed items needed to be updated.
In-Game Overlay
Fixed a case where the in-game overlay could hold a reference and prevent a game which tries to fully tear down and recreate the renderer after a D3D12 device/driver failure from succeeding.
Remote Play
Added 59.94 FPS as an available framerate limit.
Reduced frame drops when the framerate limit is set to automatic.
Fixed black screen when hardware encoding is disabled.
Fixed offline devices showing as streamable when they aren't.
Fixed overloading the client video decoder when unlimited bandwidth is enabled.
Fixed mouse coordinates for input-only streaming.
Steam Input
Steam Controller: The Gyro Calibration Threshold has been set to 50% of the previous value so that it is less likely to trigger while in hand.
Steam Controller: Gyro Calibration threshold is now available in Steam->Settings->Controller->Details->Calibration & Advanced (Open)->Gyro Calibration.
Steam Controller: You can choose to disable hardware calibration and rely on the standard Steam Input Gyro Calibration tools instead, by using the "Enable Software Calibration for Steam Controller" toggle.
Steam Controller: Fixed gyro stutter due to IMU timestamp being ignored.
Steam Controller: Fixed glyphs in Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
Added support for both the wired and wireless versions of the PDP Afterglow Wave Controller for Nintendo Switch.
Added support for Turtle Beach controllers for Nintendo Switch 2.
Fixed the Apex 5 controller showing up as multiple controllers when "Allow third-party apps to take over mappings" is enabled in the FlyDigi Space Station app.
Steam Controller Firmware
Fixed an issue where trackpad samples could be duplicated and cause issues w/ momentum in trackball mode
Fixed an issue with unintentionally waking host devices while shutting down the controller.
Fixed an issue with occasional repeated button presses on the B Button.
Linux
Fixed a crash when manually starting a game recording.
Fixed steamwebhelper crash when hardware acceleration is enabled on NVIDIA gpus.
macOS
Fixed chat windows showing over fullscreen game windows when opened in the Steam overlay.
VR
Fixed a case where Steam claimed that SteamVR crashed on last run when it didn't.
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Join us for Steam Train Fest and get your Steam Library on track. (Eh?)
This update is for the SteamOS Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.
Known Issues - Beta
There is a known issue with degraded performance in some cases when composition is required (such as when having FSR enabled).
This issue is fixed in the latest SteamOS stable release (3.8.16). Affected users may wish to switch to the stable update channel while we work on bringing this fix to the beta channel.
General
Fixed an issue causing black screens in certain launchers, including Zenless Zone Zero and FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
SteamOS 3.8.16 has just been released for all users with the following changes:
General
Reverted a change from 3.8.15 resulting in some titles showing a blank screen. The Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced HDR fix will be available in Beta while the root cause is investigated.
This update is for the SteamOS Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.
Note: This beta contains changes that were simultaneously released to SteamOS stable channel as 3.8.15,noted below
Known Issues - Beta
There is a known issue with degraded performance in some cases when composition is required (such as when having FSR enabled).
This issue is fixed in the latest SteamOS stable release (3.8.15). Affected users may wish to switch to the stable update channel while we work on bringing this fix to the beta channel.
General
Fixed delayed start time for some games under Proton when no capture device is present
Security and stability improvements
Fixed in 3.8.15
Fixed an issue with HDR in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
Steam Social Deduction Fest is packed with discounts on games that ask you to really look at everyone around you and ask "friend, or foe?"
As you'll see demonstrated in our trailer above, it's not always obvious who to trust. But that's the fun of it when you're grabbing deals on games that require your best judgment of character, whether that's in the form of murder mysteries, hide-and-seek, and even just good old-fashioned paranoia in general.
Join us now for Steam Social Deduction Fest, on through July 16th at 10 am Pacific. See you there! (Or will we? Can you trust us?*)
The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:
Steam Workshop
Re-worked system that managed what subscribed items needed to be updated.
Remote Play
Fixed mouse coordinates for input-only streaming
Fixed very low refresh rate on some systems, introduced in the last beta
In-Game Overlay
Fixed a case where the in-game overlay could hold a reference and prevent a game which tries to fully tear down and recreate the renderer after a D3D12 device/driver failure from succeeding
The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:
Steam Input
Added support for both the wired and wireless versions of the PDP Afterglow Wave Controller for Nintendo Switch
Added support for Turtle Beach controllers for Nintendo Switch 2
Fixed the Apex 5 controller showing up as multiple controllers when "Allow third-party apps to take over mappings" is enabled in the FlyDigi Space Station app
Remote Play
Added 59.94 FPS as an available framerate limit
Reduced frame drops when the framerate limit is set to automatic
Fixed overloading the client video decoder when unlimited bandwidth is enabled
Steam Controller FW
Fixed an issue with occasional repeated button presses on the B Button
Ми щойно випустили оновлення клієнта Steam Deck для бета-каналу.
Загальне
Виправлено помилку, через яку у вікні попереднього перегляду «Список змін» в меню «Налаштування» → «Система» було показано подію для неправильного каналу. Наприклад, список змін був для бета-каналу, хоча користувач використовував стабільний.
Режим робочого столу
Виправлено помилку, через яку використовувалося неправильне масштабування в режимі Big Picture.
Введення Steam
Додано підтримку дротової та бездротової версій контролера PDP Afterglow Wave для Nintendo Switch.
Додано підтримку контролерів Turtle Beach для Nintendo Switch 2.
Remote Play
До параметра «Обмеження частоти кадрів» додано опцію 59,94 к/с.
Зменшено втрату кадрів, коли для обмеження частоти кадрів вибрано опцію «Автоматично».
Виправлено проблему з перевантаженням відеодекодера клієнта, якщо ввімкнено необмежену пропускну здатність.
Мікропрограма Steam Controller
Вирішено проблему з випадковими повторюваними натисканнями кнопки B.
This update is for the SteamOS Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.
Note: These changes were simultaneously released to SteamOS stable channel as 3.8.14
General
Fixed an issue where WiFi would be limited to lower speeds on certain routers that advertise incorrect MCS requirements
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