Valve has simply shipped an enormous UI overhaul to Steam’s In-Sport Overlay within the Steam Beta, amongst different contemporary coats of paint. It additionally comes with one notably superior concept: a touring notepad.
Sure, you’ve in all probability already received a notepad app in your PC, however does yours robotically pop up the proper file that corresponds to every sport you play? Are you able to overlay it on high of your sport so it’s seen whilst you play? Does it robotically sync from PC to PC by way of the cloud? Valve says its new Notes app does all of that, and works offline too.
It’s not the one window you possibly can newly pin atop a sport: Valve says Guides, Discussions, and the Steam internet browser can all be summoned into your sport with adjustable opacity — you possibly can even watch video whilst you’re taking part in a sport utilizing that browser, in response to Valve.
You’ll additionally see a brand new Sport Overview if you pull up the overlay, a toolbar for fast entry to “something you might want in the midst of a sport,” a revamped notifications tab and screenshot supervisor. The patch additionally brings non-obligatory {hardware} acceleration for the Linux model of Steam, with Mac on the best way, and minor UI tweaks to different elements of the interface. You possibly can see Valve’s full replace put up right here with extra screenshots.
Valve says it’s beginning to ship these kinds of adjustments throughout Steam Desktop, Large Image Mode and Steam Deck concurrently — however the Deck solely has them in its Linux desktop mode as of as we speak. Valve’s Lawrence Yang confirms that options just like the Notes mode can be coming to the Deck gaming mode later too, although.
You’ll have to choose right into a Steam Beta to see any of this for now, till Valve provides the adjustments to a secure launch.
