Steam Client Update – September 11th

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

General

Steam Families is now available for all users. For more info about Steam Families, you can read our news post, check out our Support FAQ
The friends list will now show a Steam Deck icon, instead of a gamepad icon, if the other user is playing on a Steam Deck
Replaced the friends list VR icon with a new graphic that also matches the in-game or online friend state color
Improved startup and library performance for users with large libraries
Improved detection of Nintendo Switch Pro controller
Improved reliability of “games in common” collections in library
Rewrite of shortcut key binding in settings UI, including the ability to unbind a hotkey
Fixed taking HDR screenshots on Windows
Fixed collections based on friends not updating properly
Fixed “Soundtracks” and “All Games” shelves on home page applying the app type filter from the top of the games list. This would lead to Soundtracks showing no items if Soundtracks was not selected at the top of the games list, as an example.
Fixed collection names not being editable.
Fixed formatting of links in news posts

Screenshots

Redesigned the screenshots manager
Added easier ways to share screenshots directly from Steam, including:
- Copy directly to your clipboard
- Send to friend or chat group via Steam chat
- Send to your phone via the Steam Mobile App
- Export as a new file on your computer
Improved the ability to share multiple screenshots at once by multi-selecting from the grid view
Improved the performance and reliability of the screenshots manager
Added the ability to search within the app filter dropdown
Pre-emptive work to provide future support for recordings and clips to integrate with the screenshots manager when Steam Game Recording releases out of beta

Steam Overlay

Improved responsiveness of overlay on Windows
User interface improvements to Steam IME
New Clock app in the Steam Overlay that can optionally be pinned on top of games.

Steam Input

Reduced latency of Steam Input API Action Set/Action Set Layer commands. If any input issues are noticed in Steam Input API games please report them in the forums
Reduced latency of Steam Input API rumble/haptics commands
Reduce CPU usage when using both Gyro and Joystick or Trackpad for mouse input
Added Output Icons to all Mode/Behavior dropdown menus. These indicate if the mode (by default) generates OS Mouse output, XInput (controller) Output, Steam Input API Action Output, or is a remapping tool/Overlay Menu (Touch, Radial, Hotbar).
Steam Input API Analog Actions that can have multiple modes i.e. “Camera | Camera as FlickStick” are now labelled as “… (via FlickStick)”
Steam Input API Analog Actions can now optionally be used “… (via Gyro To Mouse)” (default is still “As Mouse” or “As Joystick Mouse” depending on source).
Fixed Steam Input API issue where analog actions from other action sets incorrectly reporting as active. This affected some titles including Okami HD
Fixed for SIAPI GetMotionData not returning any information on every controller but the first one plugged in
Fix rare issue where Gyro Processing occurred before controller type is established.
Fix for Track Pad as Button Behavior not displaying any glyphs.
Fix “Gyro Calibration” Button appearing twice on Gyro config screen if there is a mode shift applied to the Gyro.
Fixed a bug where PlayStation controllers connected over BT could be shown as connected over USB

SteamVR

Linux

Improved system display scale detection to be compatible with more desktop environments.
Fixed a crash in gldriverquery when using latest nvidia graphics card drivers
Fixed a crash that could occur at exit while cleaning up websockets

macOS