Steam Deck Beta Client Adds New Notification Settings And Warnings

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A new Steam Deck Beta Client update was released that adds some new options and warnings. There are now notification settings for showing a toast and playing a sound when an achievement is unlocked, and the lockscreen options for "On system wake and power up" and "before login screen" have been merged. We also have a new warning dialog for selecting "tools" for the first time, and there's a new icon for tools in desktop mode.

You can download the update yourself in the System Settings on the Steam Deck. Make sure your update channel is set to Beta or Preview.

Steam Deck Beta Client 1/26/26 Update Changelog:

General

• Added notification settings for showing a toast and playing a sound when an achievement is unlocked.
• Merged lockscreen options 'On system wake and power up' and 'Before login screen'. Enabling the lockscreen to display 'On system wake and power up' will show the lockscreen during login.

Desktop Mode

• Added a warning dialog when a user selects "Tools" in their library filter for the first time that explains what tools are and why they are showing up in the game list.
• Added an icon on tools in the game list with a tooltip to explain what they are.

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