The Steam Deck just got a dual-touchpad keyboard and some much-needed fixes
by Sean Hollister from The Verge - All Posts on (#5XQBE)
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Did I speak too soon? Two days after my one-month check-in with the Steam Deck portable gaming PC, Valve has already addressed a few of the most annoying issues I pointed out.
In a pair of updates, one in the stable channel and one only currently available in beta (full changelogs there), Valve has:
- Added a dual-trackpad keyboard so I can type two letters at a time with my thumbs instead of hunt-and-peck
- Finally added a full-size virtual keyboard to the Linux desktop mode, so you probably don't need to plug one in (previously, you could only summon the old 2015 dual-trackpad keyboard there, but the new one does touch and gamepad, too)
- Fixed the Wi-Fi so it automatically connects and reconnects without prompting you to re-enter the...