In early March, Valve released the v3.0 of your operating system. Among the most outstanding novelties we had that, in addition to half-rising from its ashes, it became based on Arch Linux. It rose from the ashes because development was pretty much at a standstill, until they decided to launch their own console and had to make major changes. From today it is available Steam OS 3.2 beta, a test version that will introduce interesting new features for an operating system designed mainly for gaming.
Two of these novelties would stand out: one would be the fan control, something that I think is very necessary, since there will be demanding titles that will make the console heat up more than expected; the second is an experimental refresh rate. The list of news They have published on the steamcommunity website, and it is what you have next.
SteamOS 3.2 Highlights
- An OS controlled fan curve has been added to improve the experience in low usage scenarios and adjust fan response to different scenarios and temperatures.
- Fixed an issue where operating system fan control would not automatically resume after waking the device from sleep.
- Added experimental support for changing the screen refresh rate in-game. The refresh rate will automatically adjust to the desired option when entering and exiting the game.
- There is a new slider in the quick access menu > performance tab that allows you to choose a screen refresh rate between 40-60Hz.
- The frame rate limit slider values will update accordingly, and will include frame rate options of 1:1, 1:2, 1:4, or no limit.
- Fixed an issue typing the € key with the Steam keyboard.
- Added experimental support for the Steam keyboard to automatically appear in some cases in Desktop mode
Users interested in participate in the beta program and want to install SteamOS 3.2 beta can do so from the Steam Deck by going to Settings/System and choosing Beta in the update channel.