Valve’s latest Steam Deck update introduces longer custom boot animations

Valve's latest beta Steam Deck update enables users to set longer custom startup videos on the handheld. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

Valve released its latest Steam Deck beta update yesterday, which includes longer boot animations among the usual array of bug fixes and optimizations. Now, the maximum length of a boot sequence has been increased from 10 seconds to 30 seconds, opening up the possibility for users to create longer custom startups.

Some users discovered they could create their own sequences prior to any native support, which as Rock Paper Shotgun reports, have ranged from nostalgic:

Mother Interface from Alien (with sound) from SteamDeckBootVids

To, well, whatever this is:

ummm...
you probably should ignore my steam deck boot vid pic.twitter.com/eVFfpwzdrJ

- Everdraed (@Everdraed) October 9, 2022

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