The most recent Steam Deck software program replace, comprised of each a shopper replace and SteamOS 3.3, is out now. It’s a fats stack of enhancements and fixes, too, together with a handful of brand name new options.
You possibly can learn the total patch notes on Steam, however I’ll provide the highlights, which embody a brand new warning that pops up when the Steam Deck’s temperature “goes outdoors the protected working vary”. When it begins throttling, in different phrases, a threshold that many Deck homeowners have been discovering throughout latest heatwaves. I’ve an overheating notification function myself, solely it’s simply me typing “too scorching” within the RPS Slack.
With this replace, Steam video games’ respective Achievements and Guides pages will now seem in the usual Steam button overlay whilst you’re enjoying them, and you may schedule the Deck’s night time mode to modify on at a sure time. Or, in case you’re fearful about burning your eyes throughout late-night Deck classes, this replace additionally re-enables the Adaptive Brightness setting; Valve disabled it again in June because it was reportedly inflicting efficiency issues.
There’s additionally excellent news for anybody who makes use of a dock or USBC-hub to show their Steam Deck right into a desktop PC. SteamOS 3.3 contains the choice to vary the UI scaling on exterior displays, together with an automated scaling toggle, and any community connections you arrange whereas in Desktop Mode ought to now work correctly in Gaming Mode as nicely.
A great deal of different bug fixes and efficiency tweaks are listed, although in case you’re hungry for much more updates as quickly as they’re accessible, you might be taken with one different function that’s a part of this patch. The Steam Deck software program replace channel selector has a brand new ‘Preview’ possibility alongside the present Steady and Beta department choices; if you choose the Preview department, you’ll be the primary to check out upcoming SteamOS and shopper options whereas they’re nonetheless in growth. You’d be guinea pigging, although, so don’t be shocked if Preview updates have stability points.
Regardless of the Steam Deck not being totally in a position to beat the warmth, it’s been a superb few days for the hand-held PC. Valve introduced final week that shipments are forward of schedule, that means everybody who at the moment holds a reservation ought to get their Deck by the tip of the 12 months.