Steam Client Beta Group

Welcome to the Steam Client Beta group.

Opting in to the Steam Client Beta lets you see the latest features before they're released. You can find out how to opt in to a beta here:
https://help.steampowered.com/faqs/view/276C-85A0-C531-AFA3

You can see the latest Client Beta updates on this group's announcement page. Join the group to get updates delivered to your Friend Activity feed.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta#announcements

Your testing and feedback is an enormous help! Please be sure to visit the discussions area and leave any feedback or bug reports you have:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions

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Steam Client Beta - May 3rd

May 3 - philipla | 12 Comments

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

General

Fixed desktop notifications no longer displaying after editing notes for a game
Fixed download notification for newly downloaded DLC not showing the correct name.

Linux

Fixed problems downloading Proton 9.

Steam Input

Fix Regression for "Custom Deadzones" not applying correctly.
UI: Joystick Mouse Deadzone controls now use the common Deadzone Editor.
Added "Invert Command Binding" for FlickStick's Outer Ring Command.
Added an option to allow the FlickStick to trigger a Flick Turn if the stick is thrown when the action set/action layer/mode shift is activated.
Reset Camera to Horizon/Turn Camera to Face Direction/ Turn Camera 360: these actions will still work even if Flick Stick or Gyro to Mouse are removed from your settings. Dots per 360 must first be calibrated using those two modes, however.

Steam Client Beta - April 30th

April 30 - philipla | 24 Comments

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

Big Picture Model

Fixed Big Picture search showing family games as "From the Store" instead of "In library"
Fixed incorrect counts on the search tabs in Big Picture search
Added "View More in the Store" button to "All" tab in Big Picture search

Steam Input

Fixed Regression: Reset to Horizon works again
Turn to Face Direction: Added option to allow you to face the last known input direction if no direction is pressed. Will only fire once before a new direction input is required. This emulates "Facing the direction of the character" for many third person games.
Renamed "Calibrate Dots per 360" action to "Turn Camera 360" to better describe its function. The numeric changes to reflect the chosen number of angles, so you can easily use this to make a "Turn Camera 180" button (Note: you will always have to calibrate the Dots per 360 value in either Gyro to Mouse or FlickStick modes for each game for this turn to be accurate).

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skyraiser00 2 hours ago

It lagged quite a bit while I was trying to add a game to the cart itself. Idk if it's my constantly fluctuating 5g wifi signal where I currently live or a bug, but if it's the latter, then it needs to be addressed rather sooner than later.