Steam Client Update Released

[Brick Tamland]

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

Library

• Allow selection and copy of text from news popups
  

Steam Chat

• Fixed voice chat audio issues when system is under heavy load
  

Steam Cloud

• Fixed possible Steam client crash when playing a game using Stats and Achievements while in Offline Mode
  

Steam Overlay

• Improved Steam Overlay and FPS counter performance for games using Vulkan async compute (such as DOOM Eternal).
  

Windows

• Fixed download progress not displaying on the taskbar
  

Steam Input

• Added a binding listener mode to the controller configuration selections screen. To use, hit listen button then hit the gamepad input, keyboard, or mouse key you would like to bind.
  
• Added joystick visualization to the controller calibration screen.
  
• Added ability to display screenshots in the mouse cursor position binding screen. Screenshots can be scrolled through with left/right arrow keys.
  
• Added support for the Thrustmaster ESwap Pro and Giotek VX4 PS4 Controllers
  
• Added support for the PDP Afterglow Wireless Switch Controller (over BT only)
  
• Fixed bug with automatic action set switching based on cursor visibility when multiple controllers are connected
  
• Fixed the desktop version of the on-screen keyboard stealing focus from windows it is typing into
  
• Fixed bug with reading the L2/R2 buttons on the Victrix FS Pro fight stick
  
• Fixed a bug where we saved out incorrect mouse cursor position bindings when the game wasn't running or when running the Steam Input configurator outside of the Big Picture Mode overlay.
  
• Fixed Steam Link App touch screen radial menus activating selections before thumb is lifted and center menu items not being activated.
  

Remote Play

• Improved performance and smoothness of Remote Play Anywhere
  
• Added optional touch controls for Windows tablets (enabled in the advanced client settings for Remote Play)
  

Remote Play Together

• Show the name of the game being played in the overlay when started from Big Picture
  

Remote Play Mobile

• Added the ability for touch control virtual buttons to also activate a left stick, right stick, or trackpad. (Useful for games where you fire, aim, and move at the same time.)
  

Linux

• Fixed dbus assertion and possible crash at startup
  
• Fixed an issue where the client would not download the correct version of titles that were previously whitelisted to play through Steam Play, such as Into The Breach.
  
• Update to steam runtime 0.20200417.0
  
• Diagnostic tool: diagnose problems with steam:// URL handler
  
• Diagnostic tool: verify Steam client min spec CPU features
  
• Container runtime: better support for newer glibc versions and Arch glibc configuration
  

Big Picture Mode

• Fixed Partial Controller Support games displaying a keyboard indicator in the library grid view.
  
• Fixed family view pin screen not accepting mouse/touch input
  
• Fixed several localization issues
  

macOS

• Fixed prompting for microphone permissions on Mojave (10.14) and above.
  

SteamNetworkingSockets

• Fixed crash bug when closing listen socket if poll groups are used
  

SteamVR

• Filtered out Oculus SDK launch options while SteamVR is running using a non-Oculus headset.
  

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