The latest update brings several improvements and fixes to the Steam Deck's SteamOS. It addresses issues such as improved recovery from corrupted installations, fixed frame limiter, specific refresh rates failing to apply on OLED model, block corruption appearing on screen during certain state transitions, slightly improved cold boot time, blank screen during boot, rare situations resulting in a blank screen or wrong colors, rare sound output corruption on certain boots, and more!
Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.
General
Improved recovery from situations where the Steam installation could get corrupted
Fixed the frame limiter not properly applying in certain situations
Fixed certain specific refresh rates failing to apply on the OLED Limited Edition model
Fixed an issue where block corruption could appear on screen on certain state transitions
Slightly improved cold boot time
Fixed an issue where updating the built-in controller firmware could result in a blank screen during boot
Fixed rare situations where switching to Desktop Mode or back could result in a blank screen, or wrong colors
Fixed a regression with Simplified Chinese IME
Fixed a rare issue where sound output could be corrupted on certain boots
Fixed Zenity dialog boxes in Desktop Mode
openssh: Fix remote code execution bug (CVE-2024-6387)
External Display
Fixed several issues where an external display could remain blank after resuming
Fixed an issue where an external display could remain blank if its mode required chroma subsampling
Input
Fixed an issue where DualShock 4 and DualSense controllers would sometimes not function properly on their first connection
Added support for the ASUS ROG Raikiri Pro controller
Added support for the Machenike G5 Pro controller
Fixed calibration on some third-party DualShock 4 controllers
Added support for the Steam Deck motion sensors to the built-in non-Steam kernel driver
Added support for extra ROG Ally keys
OLED firmware 112
Added support for the Windows Bluetooth driver