We have just shipped an updated Steam Client to the Preview/Beta channel.

Friends & Chat

• Chat messages with suspicious content will now be flagged in group chats. You can report the messages, block the sender, or dismiss the warning by activating the notice.

Steam Input

• Fixed a crash opening some Nintendo Switch Pro controllers.

Remote Play

• Fixed a bug where very high bitrate streams stopped sending video frames.

• Fixed video frame being clipped when desktop scaling is enabled.

• Fixed framerate drop when using the unlimited bandwidth option when streaming from Steam Deck or Steam Machine.

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

Friends & Chat

• Chat messages with suspicious content will now be flagged in group chats. You can report the messages, block the sender, or dismiss the warning by clicking the notice.

Steam Input

• Fixed a crash opening some Nintendo Switch Pro controllers.

Remote Play

• Fixed a bug where very high bitrate streams stopped sending video frames.

• Fixed video frame being clipped when using pipewire capture with desktop scaling on Wayland.

• Fixed framerate drop when using the unlimited bandwidth option with VA-API encoding on Linux.