Valve released a new Steam Deck Beta update that includes a useful tweak to its Xbox controller detection.

Valve released a new Steam Deck Beta update that includes a useful tweak to its Xbox controller detection.

There’s a bit of a problem with modern Xbox controllers and Bluetooth, where they won’t properly connect up with SteamOS / Linux unless they’ve gone through a firmware update. I’ve seen a lot of support requests about this issue over the years and so it’s good to see Valve highlight it directly. While it’s a Steam Deck Beta Client update, it should apply to other SteamOS devices too.

    • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      The 8BitDo Ultimate Wireless 2 also only received full Steam Input capabilities after a couple firmware updates to the Controller and 2.4g dongle.

    • Domi@lemmy.secnd.me
      3·
      2 days ago

      The feature recently added to the PS5’s Dualsense that allows them to pair with multiple devices was such a huge QoL change.

      Does that only apply to playstations or can you pair to multiple PCs? Might have to upgrade then.

        • phx@lemmy.world
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          1 day ago

          Agreed. Multi-pairing is such an underrated feature. It’s especially great when it comes with a hardware selector (in case you’ve got multiple devices paired in range).

          I picked up a Logitech mouse that pairs up to 3 devices and has a button+LED’s on the bottom to switch between. It’s awesome

        • vithigar@lemmy.ca
          3·
          2 days ago

          You might be interested to know that when connected to a PC and using Steam you can turn off the controller quickly with PS+Triangle.