Steam Updated Its Big Picture Mode With the Steam Deck UI - IGN

Steam’s Big Picture mode connected PC volition present follow the specially designed Steam Deck UI.

Valve has announced that its newest update to Big Picture mode volition bring the Steam Deck’s UI to PC and is disposable present for testing.

“We are preparing to update Big Picture mode with the caller interface we designed for Steam Deck, and contiguous we’re making it disposable for testing,” they revealed. “This update has been a agelong clip coming, and we’re precise excited to commencement gathering assemblage feedback.”

The controller-first interface was designed particularly for the Steam Deck, but its integration into Steam makes consciousness – providing greater marque designation betwixt the Steam Deck and the Steam room connected PC.

And it happens to beryllium a beauteous decent interface, too.

“This controller-first interface was designed for Steam Deck successful handheld and docked mode, and is cleanable for each the scenarios Big Picture mode presently handles,” they confirmed.

The caller Big Picture mode includes:

• New Home Screen that highlights caller games and what’s quality successful your library.
• New Universal Search that lets you hunt done your Library, Store, and Friends list.
• New Controller Configurator that’s designed to fto you take caller configurations and layouts with ease.
• Optimised Stead Store for controller navigation.
• Updated in-game overlay giving entree to achievements and guides.
• New System paper for speedy navigation to antithetic parts of the caller UI.
• New Quick Access Menu that lets you entree notifications. Friends list, speedy settings, and more.

According to Valve, the squad is “still polishing unsmooth edges” truthful the caller mentation of Big Picture is presently offered done Steam’s beta program.

Instructions for trying retired the caller Big Picture mode can beryllium recovered here.

IGN’S Steam Deck review gave it 7/10 and said: “When the Steam Deck is surviving up to its promises, it's perfectly incredible. Playing GTA 5, God of War, and different modern games connected the spell is an implicit joy, and the hardware and controls consciousness bully to clasp adjacent though it’s a large chubby lad of a handheld. It earnestly impressed maine with however bully immoderate demanding modern games look connected its 7-inch screen. But those dizzying highs are each excessively often snapped distant by insurmountable compatibility issues with SteamOS and installing Windows to get astir those comes with its ain acceptable of problems. I’ve mislaid number of however often I’ve been near frustrated and annoyed to person to troubleshoot issues erstwhile trying to play a crippled for the archetypal time.”

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