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

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.

  • vateso5074@lemmy.world
    49·
    1 day ago

    Sometimes new firmware is good, though. The feature recently added to the PS5’s Dualsense that allows them to pair with multiple devices was such a huge QoL change.

    Still fuck Microsoft though.

    • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
      6·
      13 hours ago

      The 8BitDo Ultimate Wireless 2 also only received full Steam Input capabilities after a couple firmware updates to the Controller and 2.4g dongle.

    • Domi@lemmy.secnd.me
      3·
      22 hours ago

      The feature recently added to the PS5’s Dualsense that allows them to pair with multiple devices was such a huge QoL change.

      Does that only apply to playstations or can you pair to multiple PCs? Might have to upgrade then.

      • vateso5074@lemmy.world
        6·
        21 hours ago

        Multiple PCs, or phones even. It’s very nice for using between my console, desktop, and Steam Deck.

        Basically the controller has 4 pairing slots it will remember. The original PS5 it connects to is remembered as slot #1, but you can manually change it by remapping it to a different slot.

        The different slots are activated by holding the home/PS button and one of the 4 face buttons for a couple seconds, or hold it for about 5-ish seconds to enter pairing mode for that slot. Pressing the PS button alone like normal defaults to the last used slot.

        The controller does need to be turned off before switching devices, which can be done just by holding the PS button for 5-ish seconds. But I can be playing a game on PC, get a message from a friend to hop on Nightreign on PS5, disconnect from my PC by holding the PS button for a few seconds, and then press PS+Triangle to turn on the PS5 using the same controller.

        Way better than my previous setup, which was to have 1 dedicated PS5 controller and 1 dedicated PC controller, then bitch and moan if I ever had to unpair/repair the second controller on PC or try to find my USB cord to pair again with PS5.

        Edit: also worth mentioning that you don’t need a PS5 to update the controller firmware, Sony released a firmware updating tool for PC that can be used to update controllers when plugged in using USB.