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Steam’s new Big Picture UI is now available for testingLearning from the Steam Deck

Learning from the Steam Deck

The new Steam Big Picture UI, which incorporates improvements from Steam Deck’s UI.

You can now test a new version of Steam’s Big Picture mode which applies the interface Valve designed for Steam Deck. It includes several of the handy features of the Deck’s UI, including a new home screen, universal search, and more. Find more details and how to opt-in to the beta below.

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Valveannounced the betaand gave a full list of the features included in the new Big Picture mode:

Big Picture mode was added to Steama little over ten years agoas part of Valve’s initial push towards living room televisions. As an interface, I’d deem it semi-successful, even if its intended use on Steam Machines or even Steam Link never became commonplace. The Steam Deck’s interface, despite primarily being designed for little screens, is much improved. I’m a particular fan of the universal search.