Valve have launched the latest SteamOS 3.7.13 stable update, further enhancing how it runs on more handheld gaming PCs. The Steam Deck and Legion Go S are still the only current supported devices by Valve, but I'm sure that won't stop you trying it anyway.
Pictured - SteamOS on my Steam Deck
The full changelog:
GeneralAudio
- Fixed Legion Go S joystick lights turning off upon entering desktop mode.
- Fixed controller input occasionally disappearing on the Asus ROG Ally.
- Fixed grip buttons not registering on the Asus ROG Ally.
- Fixed a hang on boot on Strix Point platforms.
- Fixed a WiFi regression with Steam Deck OLED.
- Disabled experimental support for Wake-on-Bluetooth for Steam Deck LCD while issues with spurious wake-ups are being investigated.
- Fixed a case where the battery level indicator could become stuck.
- Fixed VRR frame pacing with the performance overlay on screen.
- Fixed game stuttering when using the volume keys.
- Fixed a bug where visual corruption could occur with Sharp upscaling with HDR/10-bit applications when interacting with the overlay.
- Fixed an issue where the cursor would not be visible in the bottom-right quadrant of the screen when using the magnifier.
- Fixed cursor having a line of visual corruption when using Sharp upscaling in certain instances.
- Fixed certain overlay key bindings involving Shift, the Super key, Right Alt, or Return/Enter not being able to be triggered.
- Fixed input being passed to applications when overlay key bindings are invoked.
- Fixed OBS Studio not working with the streaming output provided by gamescope.
- Fixed an issue where clicking mailto: links sometimes didn't display the right error.
Accessibility
- Fixed an issue where volume keys would sometimes not properly adjust the volume of the 3.5mm audio connector.
- Fixed a SteamOS 3.6 regression causing audio glitches in God of War: Ragnarok.
Non-Deck
- Added support for optional color filters.
- Added Orca screen reader and espeak-ng text-to-speech tools.
- Fixed the magnifier producing an incorrect scale and offset when Sharp upscaling was used.
Developer
- Fixed an issue where the Legion Go S with SteamOS could lose trackpad functionality after sleep.
- Added power button support for some AYANEO, AYN, GPD, MSI, ONEXPLAYER, and OrangePi platforms.
- Re-added some btrfs and lvm2 modules to udisks.
At the same time Valve also launched SteamOS 3.7.13 Beta for the Preview / Beta system updates channel, confusingly with the same version number, I assume it's supposed to be SteamOS 3.7.14 Beta with these changes:
Screen ReaderArticle taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
- Fixed not interrupting speech when focus moves from settings button (e.g. Reader Rate) to settings slider with same name.
- Updated screen reader to Orca 48.6.
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Liam Dawe 4 hours ago
Note: this was originally published with a title saying "SteamOS 3.7.13 update brings wider handheld support", but I edited it as to not be unintentionally misleading.
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