Valve heeft nieuwe firmware voor de Steam Deck uitgebracht. Deze draagbare spelcomputer is sinds februari 2022 op de markt en draait een door Valve ontwikkelde Linux-distributie genaamd SteamOS. Door middel van Proton kan deze Windows-applicaties en -spellen draaien. De update draagt versienummer 3.8 en bijwerken kan door op de Steam-knop te drukken en dan in System te klikken op Check for updates. In deze uitgave zijn de volgende veranderingen en verbeteringen aangebracht:
GeneralDisplay / Performance
- Updated Arch system base
- Initial support for upcoming Steam Machine hardware
- Added support for waking from sleep via connected Steam Controller
- Substantially improved speed of future OS updates on high-speed connections
- Improved support for screen casting in Game Mode (e.g. OBS/Discord)
- Fixed dropdown menus not appearing in some games
- Fixed excessive trackpad sensitivity on certain early Steam Deck LCD models
- Improved support for games that attempt to open PDF files in external viewers
- Fixed an issue where video output could become frozen while using Remote Play
- Fixed a possible session crash when using Game Recording with certain "Maximum video height" settings
- Fixed an issue affecting certain titles (such as "SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide") where the game window could have an incorrect position
- Fixed closing certain titles (such as "STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™" and Starfield) resulting in a session crash
- Improved support for certain USB racing wheels and USB devices that boot in a non-standard mode
- Frequently these are devices that appear as USB storage devices with a driver installer, and must be switched to their normal mode by the OS
- Steam Deck controller firmware updates now display update progress on the splash screen
- Fixes issue on specific Steam Deck revisions where firmware updates could render the left controller inoperative for that session
- Numerous stability and security updates
Bluetooth / WiFi
- Updated graphics driver with performance and stability fixes
- Added preliminary support for HDMI VRR for devices with native HDMI output
- Fixed an issue where "Allow Tearing" wouldn't have the intended effect in certain configurations
- Improved VRR frame pacing
- Fixed FSR badge remaining off in the performance overlay, even if it was actually active
- Fixed a case where per-app performance settings would intermittently fail to apply when launching a game
- Added missing graphics features needed for titles such as "Crimson Desert"
- Fixed an issue on certain TCL TVs where the display may remain blank using the Steam Deck Dock when VRR is enabled (requires a Dock firmware update)
Audio
- Fixed a case where WiFi performance could become degraded until the device was put to sleep or manually reconnected
- Re-re-enable Bluetooth Wake for Steam Deck LCD
- Fix for more spurious wake issues that were present in earlier attempts
Accessibility
- Detect HDMI channel count and expose surround configuration if available
- Add a setting to allow using Bluetooth headset mics (Bluetooth playback quality will be worse while capture is active)
- Restore internal audio device on reboot if set to "Off" in desktop mode
- Increase suspend timeout for HDMI devices so initial audio isn't cut off after a few seconds of inactivity
- Fixed a bug with switching input devices when a wired headset is plugged in
- Fixed an issue where audio underruns could be experienced after sleep/resume
- Fixed a bug on Steam Deck OLED where rebooting would occasionally cause a loss of speaker output until rebooted again
- Fixed a case where FPS limits would fail to apply when downscaling games from a higher resolution
Desktop Mode
- Added an option to force mono audio output
System Firmware
- KDE Plasma updated to version 6.4.3 from 6.2.5, and now uses wayland by default
- Fixes several cases of reduced performance in Desktop Mode compared to Game Mode
- Improved support for rotated displays
- Better scale factor out of the box on TVs
- Adds support for external HDR displays
- Adds support for VRR displays
- Adds support per-display scale factor
- For more information, see Plasma release announcements
- Keyboard layout and language are now obeying Game Mode settings
- Improved windowing behavior for games running in Proton
- Fixed a bug in Desktop Mode causing previously open applications to not be remembered when using the 'Return to Gaming Mode' shortcut to logout
- Fixes for experimental nested desktop mode
- Fixed Desktop Mode night color settings inappropriately remaining active when switching back to Game Mode
Non-Deck
- Includes Steam Deck LCD BIOS v133
- Security updates
- Added "Memory Power Down" setup option
- Preliminary support for hibernation
- Includes Steam Deck OLED BIOS v114
- Security updates
- Charging LED now changes color when charge limit is reached, rather than only at 100%
Developer
- Improved compatibility with recent Intel and AMD platforms
- Greatly improved video memory management on discrete GPU platforms
- Fixed a compatibility issue with the SteamOS chainloader that could cause a boot failure on some desktop systems with recent UEFI firmware
- Power button short and long presses now supported across a wide variety of devices
- Improved controller support for OneXPlayer F1 series, GPD Win 5, GPD Win Mini, Anbernic Win600, OrangePi NEO, and Lenovo Legion Go
- Added controller support for OneXPlayer X1 series and Lenovo Legion Go 2
- Added system and controller firmware update support for the Lenovo Legion Go 2
- Added preliminary charge limiting support for Legion Go, Legion Go S, and Legion Go 2 - currently only accessible in Desktop Mode
- Added controller RGB LED color settings for the Lenovo Legion Go 2
- Added controller, TDP control, and speaker audio support for the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally series
- Reduced handheld controller input latency from 5-8ms to 100-500us
- Night mode, color vibrance, and color temperature sliders in Steam now work on Z2E and later AMD APUs
- Seamless boot fixes for Z2E and later AMD APUs
- Automatically handle internally rotated display for some third-party handhelds
- Improved motion control support for handhelds with BMI260 IMUs
- SD card reliability improvements for some third-party handhelds, including ASUS ROG Xbox Ally, Legion Go 1, Legion Go S, Legion Go 2, and MSI Claw
- Fixed washed out colors for Zotac and OneXPlayer handhelds with OLED
- Fixed some GPU hangs on Phoenix APU devices (Tales of Arise, Octopath Traveler II)
- Fixed ASUS ROG Ally power consumption from fingerprint reader while shut down
- Fixed trackpad losing functionality after sleep/resume on the Legion Go
- Fixed spurious wake-ups when using a Logitech Bolt receiver
- Add controller support for MSI Claw devices (A1M, 7 AI+ A2VM, 8 AI+ A2VM, A8 BZ2EM)
- Add controller support for OneXPlayer APEX and X1 series.
- Improved gyro response for devices that use AccelGyro3D (Legion Go 1, Claw A1M)
- Fixed a system crash on international Asus ROG Xbox Ally models
- Fix Bluetooth not working on some Intel handhelds
- Add initial firmware for upcoming Intel handhelds
- Desktop Mode now uses Wayland by default
- X11 support may still be selected via Steam developer settings, or via `steamosctl`
- Updated Linux kernel to 6.16
- Steam now uses steamos-manager to query available desktop sessions and trigger desktop session switching
- Added support for setting the desktop password in developer settings
- Initial support for running as a Virtual Machine guest (virtio guest drivers)
- Added support for third-party devices to trigger the SteamOS boot menu via EFI variable
- Added `custom-update` verb to `atomupd-manager` for easier testing of specific builds
- System reports now include more audio debug information
- Initial support for LAVD CPU scheduler via `steamosctl set-cpu-scheduler lavd`
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