Steam Client Update - May 5th
Posted: Tue May 05, 2026 8:02 pm
A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.
General
- Steam Controller Support
- Added popup message when a controller connects or disconnects.
- Added setting to enable or disable controller battery notifications.
- Improved the Add A Controller user interface.
- Fixed locked achievement sorting listing rarer achievements before less rare.
- Fixed occasional cursor corruption while streaming on Windows
- Reordered the items in the power button chord menu so it's harder to accidentally put your computer to sleep.
- Fixed the header networks status icon being larger than intended.
- Improved performance of Steam Overlay in games using Metal.
- Fix a case where it was impossible to reconnect a VR steamlink session after becoming disconnected without restarting SteamVR.