Steam Client Update Released

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

General

• Improved preallocation disk space performance when installing or updating content
  
• Improved performance of Steam overlay, macOS and Linux web browsers
  
• Fixed videos from youtube.com not starting automatically when browsed to
  

Downloads

• Fixed downloading for developers on some networks using local content servers
  

Library

• Fixed some game manuals opening inside of the Steam client instead of in the user's browser.
  
• Fixed shelf dropdown rendering from displaying without a background.
  

Server Browser

• Changes were made to harden the server browser protocol. Gameserver operators and anyone who writes custom clients that speak this protocol (A2S_INFO, S2C_CHALLENGE, etc) can read this post: https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/14/2974028351344359625/
  

Steam Chat

• Fixed Windows issue where voice hotkey may be erroneously triggered if unset
  
• Fixed macOS issue preventing setting of voice hotkey when cleared
  

Steam Input

• Added support for PS5 Controllers to Steam Input including trackpad, gyro, lightbar, and rumble functionality
  
• Added a directional swipe mode for use with trackpads and gyro
  
• Improved support for games that use raw input for controllers
  
• Fixed the Xbox Series X controller showing up as 2 separate controllers
  
• Fixed controller input for some games using embedded Chrome
  

Windows

• Fixed unintentional overlay activation in Apex Legends after returning to the game via alt + tab then pressing shift
  

Linux

• Updated steam runtime to v0.20201203.1
  
• Improved the filtering of available compatibility tools in the game properties dialog
  
• Fixed launching of non-Steam games over Proton 5.13 (steam-runtime#287)
  
• Fixed games not getting stopped via the 'Stop' button in the client UI (steam-for-linux#7435)
  
• Added auto-migration of Steam libraries using the old 'SteamApps' directory casing to 'steamapps' when possible (Proton#4206). Users will be warned if the transition is needed but auto-migration fails.
  
• Improved how host LD_LIBRARY_PATH settings are picked up and transformed for the Steam runtime (steam-runtime#274)
  
• Improved host LD_LIBRARY_PATH support (steam-runtime#306)
  
• Fixed blank UI windows appearing at startup on some systems (steam-for-linux#7450)
  

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