[STEAM][APP]Steam Client Update - February 27th

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

General

• Updated embedded Chromium build in Steam, clearing path for further updates soon.
  
• Added support for saving uncompressed HDR screenshots as AVIF.
  
• Improved performance when adding/removing multiple games to/from Family View in the library.
  
• Removed duplicate friend counter on game capsules.
  
• Stopped showing ready-to-play icon on Recent Games shelf, which does not filter to ready-to-play.
  
• Fixed bug which would sometimes cause Steam to show UI and take focus if configured to run at system startup.
  
• Fixed bug which would sometimes cause Update News window to take focus from other Steam windows.
  
• Fixed issue where clicking on Voice Chat invitation notifications did not open chat.
  
• Fixed maximize/restore button and window resize grip not updating properly.
  
• Fixed "My Games" collection also including games borrowed from other users.
  
• Fixed opacity of play bar on game details pages.
  
• Fixed window border sometimes showing around full screen videos on Windows 11.
  
• Fixed settings UI showing the wrong default state for the "Guide button focuses Steam" setting.
  
• Fixed miscellaneous regressions in the screenshot manager.
  
• Fixed wide game images sometimes failing to load.
  
• Fixed custom logo positions sometimes not applying on app details pages.
  
• Fixed double notifications when friends go online or in-game.
  
• Fixed collapse state of friends list and chat group sections not being properly remembered.
  
• Fixed game news sometimes appearing out of order in game details activity feed.
  
• Fixed a ****** when launching a VR game while using SteamVR v1.27.5.
  
• Fixed CD Keys popup not appearing during launch for games that request it.
  
• Fixed main Steam window re-opening when closed if small mode has been entered or exited.
  
• Fixed some extraneous disk reads that could impact performance.
  
• Fixed detection of whether you have used a VR device in order to improve a few warning messages.
  
• Fixed downloading content with long file names in some cases.
  
• Fixed creation of erroneous steamwebhelper processes when steamwebhelper crashes.
  
• Fixed user avatar in title bar momentarily switching back to default during startup.
  
• Fixed opening a friend's wishlist in game page activity feed events.
  
• Fixed explorer window not being brought to foreground when Browse local files is selected on Windows.

Big Picture Mode

• Added Interface panel to settings
  
• Improved the display in the "Controller Configuration" tab when there are no controllers attached or the active controller is opted out of Steam Input.
  
• Fixed a case where no element would be selected in the UI when closing the quick access menu.
  
• Fixed Steam notifications not showing while in-game.

Remote Play

• Enable VA-API DRM hardware decoding on Linux.
  
• Greatly improved performance when using hardware encoding with AMD video cards on Windows.
  
• Fixed ****** screen and missing performance graph when starting a stream.

SteamVR

• Improve layout and imagery for some of the dialogs that show up when launching VR games.
  
• Clicking on items in the control bar (e.g. a download in progress) will correctly switch to the Steam tab.
  
• Show reloading message when SteamVR quits before reloading the Steam window.
  
• Notifications in VR look much better. Requires SteamVR beta, otherwise notifications will not appear.
  
• Steam now only reloads every fifth time that SteamVR quits.
  
• Fixed a case where Steam could prevent SteamVR from properly detecting a USB connected headset and/or controllers.

Steam Input

• Added a setting for the player LED for DualSense controllers.
  
• QoL Gyro Calibration button available in Controller Config Quick settings, and in the Gyro section of the Controller Layout Editor.
  
• Controllers can be used to dismiss/continue when controller support information panels appear before a Desktop game's launch.
  
• Fixed Gyro enable button not being respected.
  
• Fixed styling of the controller mode settings page.
  
• Possible fix for cases where configuration edits would be dropped when toggling in and out of the overlay.

Steam Overlay

• Corrected Steam overlay colors when games have HDR enabled.
  
• Fixed middle-click panning not working in overlay browser on Windows.
  
• Fixed notes window controls scrolling off the top and new note/delete note buttons not being visible.

Friends & Chat

• Fixed a case where group chats could get stuck on "Requesting Group Chat Information" after reconnecting to Steam.

Linux

• Fixed a case where the client could get stuck in the shutting down screen.
  
• Fixed rare crashes during window creation.
  
• Fixed controller input inconsistently working in Big Picture mode windows.

macOS

• Fixed intermittent Steam API ****** in some Apple Silicon games.

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