SteamOS 3.9.2 Beta Previews Better Legion Go 2 Support and Squashes Myriad UI and Feature Bugs

Constructing on Valve’s ongoing expansion of support for third-party gaming handhelds, SteamOS 3.9.2 beta has formally launched with a number of enhancements throughout the board, however particularly for non-Steam {hardware}. For one, the brand new beta provides preliminary native assist for Lenovo Legion Go 2 brightness management. The beta additionally provides a workaround that addresses a difficulty that resulted in some ASUS units exhibiting extreme fan ramping on boot, and it fixes points with some current Panther Lake CPUs failing to run sure video games, with the replace notes particularly calling out Elden Ring and Darkish Souls III.

Equally, SteamOS 3.9.2 additionally fixes the “disable body limiter” toggle not working when VRR is enabled. This, together with lots of the different fixes on this most up-to-date replace, focus not solely on Valve’s personal Steam Machine, Deck, and Body, but additionally on third-party units and compatibility with a variety of {hardware}, in an analogous vein to the current enlargement of assist for Steam on Arm units, just like the slew of Android gaming handhelds that modders have been turning into mini Steam Decks. There are different fixes contained within the new SteamOS beta, however they principally give attention to fixing small bugs and sprucing the consumer expertise. The total replace notes proceed.

New in SteamOS 3.9.2

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• Add preliminary assist for Legion Go 2 brightness management
• Fastened Steam Distant Play not engaged on Steam Machine when booting with no exterior show linked
• Fastened “Disable Body Limiter” toggle not working when VRR is enabled
• Fastened the body limiter incorrectly making use of to VR titles when streaming from Steam Machine to Steam Body
• Fastened lack of enter if a launcher window is unintentionally dragged round in Recreation Mode
• Fastened logging in to Desktop Mode through RDP with system customers when enabled
• Fastened a difficulty inflicting sure video games (incl. ELDEN RING and DARK SOULS III) to fail to run on current Panther Lake Intel CPUs
• Labored round a firmware subject on some ASUS units inflicting extreme fan pace upon waking from sleep
• Fastened a bug inflicting hidden Wi-Fi networks to fail to attach on the primary try
• Fastened boot display screen corruption on Intel PTL+ units
• Fastened a regression from earlier 3.9 previews inflicting Steam Machine to sometimes wake from hibernation unexpectedly
• Fastened a regression from earlier 3.9 previews slowing down system boot pace and inflicting the boot brand to briefly vanish throughout boot
• Fastened a regression from earlier 3.9 previews breaking digital keyboard enter for some languages in Recreation Mode
• Fastened a regression from earlier 3.9 previews with nested desktop mode
• Safety and stability fixes