A few weeks ago, Valve released version 3.7.8 of its operating system with many new features. The downside is that it came with a regression that causes Wi-Fi to not work as expected. There are solutions, but the official patch was expected. Well, that patch has arrived en Steam OS 3.7.10, which is currently in the beta channel. Or so it seems, based on the first item on the list of new features.
Among the changes, we find "Fixed a WiFi regression with the Steam Deck OLED", and since I don't have the LCD I can't say for sure if the bug also affected owners of the first version of the handheld from Valve. I also won't be able to confirm how well the patch works when it reaches the stable version, since I recently updated the firmware on the router I use to connect to it and the problem disappeared.
What's new in SteamOS 3.7.10 Beta
- General
- Fixed a WiFi regression on Steam Deck OLED.
- Experimental Wake-on-Bluetooth support on Steam Deck LCD has been disabled while investigating unintentional power-on issues.
- Fixed a bug that caused visual distortions when using Sharp scaling with HDR/10-bit applications when interacting with the overlay.
- Fixed an issue where the cursor was not visible in the lower right quadrant of the screen when using the Magnifier.
- Fixed a visual corruption line on the cursor when using Sharp scaling in certain cases.
- Fixed a bug where overlay key combinations using Shift, Super, Right Alt, or Enter would not trigger correctly.
- Fixed input being passed to applications when activating overlay key combinations.
- Fixed OBS Studio not working with the streaming output provided by GameScope.
- Fixed an issue where clicking on links
mailto:sometimes the correct error was not displayed.
- Audio
- Fixed an issue where the volume keys sometimes did not correctly adjust the volume of the 3,5mm audio jack.
- Fixed a SteamOS 3.6 regression that caused audio issues in God of War: Ragnarok.
- Accessibility
- Added support for optional color filters.
- Added Orca screen reader and text-to-speech tools
espeak-ng. - Fixed Magnifier correctly applying scaling and panning when using Sharp scaling.
- Other devices (not Steam Deck)
- Fixed an issue where the Legion Go S running SteamOS would lose trackpad functionality after resuming from sleep mode.
- Added support for the power button on some AYANEO, AYN, GPD, MSI, ONEXPLAYER, and OrangePi devices.
Anyone who wants to try SteamOS 3.7.10 right now should switch to beta. It should be available in stable mode in the coming weeks.