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Valve released a new Steam Deck Beta update that includes a useful tweak to its Xbox controller detection.

There's a bit of a problem with modern Xbox controllers and Bluetooth, where they won't properly connect up with SteamOS / Linux unless they've gone through a firmware update. I've seen a lot of support requests about this issue over the years and so it's good to see Valve highlight it directly. While it's a Steam Deck Beta Client update, it should apply to other SteamOS devices too.

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[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Even the PS3 controller received firmware updates. This isn't all that new.

[–] HouseWolf@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I mainly played on PS3 for years from release and that was never a thing...

The console got plenty of updates but never the controller.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 points 2 days ago

Controller updates were performed during system updates, or could be done manually from the settings iirc. I mention it because I mainly played on PS3 for years too and definitely remember updating those controllers.

I don't think any of the updates were ever mandatory though.

[–] Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

I believe they did it when you updated the regular ps3 firmware it was like an all in one thing.