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Steam's latest beta brings 'Big Art' to Big Picture Mode and Steam Deck, and customizable screensavers too

Steam's latest beta brings 'Big Art' to Big Picture Mode and Steam Deck, and customizable screensavers too The update makes a number of less flashy changes too. If you play on a Steam Deck, or just rock with Big Picture Mode on your PC, the latest Steam client beta will be of big interest: It adds a new "Big Art Mode" that makes your home screen look a whole lot prettier (this is a subjective evaluation, yes, but I think it's prettier), a new screensaver feature, and a range of performance improvements and bug fixes. There are two screensavers available: - General - Improved Steam Client startup performance - Fixed a case where after server maintenance some users might fail to auto-reconnect to Steam - Fixed bug where being prompted to refresh credentials more than once could trigger an immediate restart - On Windows, using the systray menu to exit while the Steam window is minimized will no longer flash the window visible briefly - Dialogs that appear for serious error conditions now stay above the main window - Game Recording - Fixed some cases where playback would jump to an unexpected point in the timeline when reaching the end of a play session or clip - Decreased performance impact of game recording for some D3D12 games on Windows - In-Game Overlay - Fixed frame rate hitches in D3D11 and D3D12 games when taking screenshots on Windows - Fixed rendering the overlay and using other overlay related features (screenshots, game recording, etc.) in Vulkan games that create multiple windows. - Big Picture Mode - Added explicit warning text to power menu confirmation dialogs when proceeding will shut down an active game - Updated default artwork when an app does not have library or hero artwork - Reorganized the idle timer settings when on battery and AC power - Steam Input - Improved CPU performance at runtime and in configuration loading - Added information about which configurations are compatible in the configurator browser when using a game that requires Steam Input API - Fixed the controller support widget showing "This game doesn't support controllers" for unreleased games that don't have controller support information yet - Fixed controllers not using the desktop configuration on the desktop UI login window - Added the missing settings for adjusting emulated joystick adaptive centering on trackpad - Linux - Improved download speeds on high latency connections.