owners rejoice, for Valve has bestowed us with many gifts in the most recent SteamOS preview update, taking it to . There are plenty of fixes and added features to enjoy, along with a graphics driver update that promises "many performance and correctness improvements".
The OS itself has been moved to a more recent Arch Linux base, with an update to the Linux kernel too. I thought I'd lead with the most exciting bits. Ah just kidding, there's a whole host of fixes including improved pairing with Apple AirPods, improved Bluetooth connection speeds, better performance and stability in high memory use scenarios, and the added ability to wake the device from sleep with Bluetooth devices.
Speaking of LCDs, there's been a few software improvements to the screen, too. Display uniformity should be improved with Mura Compensation, which is designed to help mitigate the dreaded , a common issue with LCD displays exposed to high temperatures over time in which the displayed image can look unintentionally grainy.
I never noticed the issue personally on my Deck, but if yours has been suffering this should hopefully minimise the effect. There's also improved display colour balance at lower brightness levels, which should make things look better with the screen turned down to maximise battery life.
In desktop mode you now get thumbnail previews for videos in the file browser, and the Deck Dock—a name I love to say out loud—gets some intriguing HDMI CEC features too, including TV remote input, TV wake up, and TV input switching. There's also some compatibility fixes for .
The update is for those opted in to the preview channel for now, but it's easy enough to activate by going through the settings menu to the system panel, before selecting "Preview" from the dropdown box next to "System Update Channel".
A [[link]] red letter day for Steam Deck owners then, with plenty of quality of life and compatibility improvements, and a little bit of a performance boost too. Still no version you can use on [[link]] other hardware though, which is a shame, although you can't have everything, ey?
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