Steam Desktop Update Is Now Live with Some Major Changes to the Game Distribution Platform

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Steam Desktop Update Is Now Live with Some Major Changes to the Game Distribution Platform
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Desktop launcher finally looks modern. I'm liking it. Haven't had a chance to try out the notes feature. But, I'm guessing it remembers for each game?

I absolutely love the new UI. It’s so responsive and modern, and for the most part, consistent.

I've been on the Beta for awhile and it's so much better than what Steam used to be.

Not so sure about the UI overhaul, but I do like the notes feature. I can see it being a very handy way for me to remember what I'm doing, especially if it syncs my notes between my desktop and my Steam Deck.

Consistency from Steam Deck to PC makes a lot of sense and means features can come to everywhere at once.

Given how everything else syncs fairly well I can't imagine it wouldn't Very useful feature to be sure

I still miss steam skins, but these changes look a lot better than before.

That's great, I'd like to switch off beta as the in-game overlay has been crashing frequently.

I wonder if we’ll get something like this on the deck eventually edit: oh hell yea it is on the deck

Yep, that was a big bullet point, the groundwork to share code between every Steam flavor.

I didn't have any strong feeling about Steam but I do have to say the desktop performance is snappier.

This looks great. For sure a shock when I first saw it but I think it’s just enough of a change to make it feel fresh. Then the  features seem dope. I usually don’t use the overlay but I might now.

This version is constantly freezing up for me. I click two buttons only for it to freeze for 10 seconds.

Maybe time for an integrity check or reinstall. Big updates like this can fudge things up