A big Steam stable update is out with improvements for Remote Play, Steam Input

What the report says

2 Sep 2026 at 8:03 am UTC | Last updated: 2 Sep 2026 at 8:08 am UTC By Liam Squires-HandValve just released the latest main stable Steam update for Desktop, Steam Deck, Steam Machine and SteamOS. Here's everything that's changed.
 Most of these changes were available for testing in previous Beta builds of the Steam Client but now they're officially available for everyone. Your Steam app should prompt you to update.
 Firstly, the changelog for everyone gaming on a Desktop:
 Desktop Highlights
 General
 
 Allow changing account while a game is running.

In this case, the change account dialog shows a warning that proceeding will close active games.
 Added "Ask which account to use on startup" toggle to startup account chooser.
 Eliminated "change account" confirmation dialog in most cases. Changing account while Steam is running now brings up the account chooser directly, then restarts as the chosen account.
 Steam shutdown now waits for just-exited games to finish cloud sync.
 Fixed issues where some Steam Workshop items were not being updated properly.
 Fixed game server browser filtering out multiple servers being hosted from a single public IP.
 Fixed an issue where sometimes uninstalling a game would not remove it from the download queue.
 
 Friends & Chat
 
 Chat messages with suspicious content will now be flagged in group chats.

You can report the messages, block the sender, or dismiss the warning by clicking the notice.
 
 Big Picture Mode
 
 In the Web Browser, the left trackpad of Steam Deck/Steam Controller is now bound to scroll wheel for navigating non-Steam websites.
 Fixed a bug where a single pixel line would sometimes appear above the header on the home screen.
 
 Remote Play
 
 Improved video color range on all platforms.
 Added support for HDR streaming on Steam Deck OLED.
 Fixed a case where streaming could show a black window.
 Fixed a bug where Remote Devices with Remote Play enabled weren't showing as Streamable.
 Fixed video frame being clipped when using pipewire capture with desktop scaling on Wayland.
 Fixed framerate drop when using the unlimited bandwidth option with VA-API encoding on Linux.
 
 Steam Input
 
 Make controller configurations that are shared with other devices or unique to a device more clear in the configurator UI and add an option to split Steam Controller configurations so they are no longer shared with Steam Deck.
 
 Linux
 
 Fixed some keys not typing properly in Steam Overlay when in Big Picture Mode.
 Fixed a crash when suspending/resuming a device after a controller disconnected.
 
 
 And then some listed changes in the Steam Deck / SteamOS changelog that weren't in the above list:
 Key steam deck / steamos devices changes
 
 
 Fixed requesting a PIN reset while signed in as a different account restarting with the wrong account signed in.
 
 
 Fixed framerate drop when using the unlimited bandwidth option when streaming from Steam Deck or Steam Machine.
 
 
 🌐 External Sources: store.steampowered.com, store.steampowered.com Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

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