In the latest Steam Client Beta for Desktop and Steam Deck, Valve will actually show you who is gaming on a Steam Deck.
  • Chee_Koala@lemmy.world
    27·
    3 months ago

    About time, I love hitting up friends through the steam friends list, but typing back from a steamdeck is more often then not, kind of a hassle. Now I know beforehand that i’m typing to someone who’s on the deck :)

    • Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      10·
      3 months ago

      Tip if you care about it, Steam Deck has Bluetooth and can connect to Bluetooth devices like any computer. You should be able to get a small Bluetooth keyboard (without a dongle!) and use it for anything on the deck.

      • Chee_Koala@lemmy.world
        9·
        3 months ago

        Thanks, you are right! In most of the situations my friends are using it, they are laid back somewhere or docked with a controller on the couch. I have my wireless keyboard with mousepad in the living room, but they don’t 😊. It was never a big deal, but this extra info at a glance is useful for those times.

  • Beaver@lemmy.ca
    5·
    3 months ago

    This will be great to see which games your friend would want to play at the moment.

    • Russ@bitforged.space
      4·
      3 months ago

      It previously showed a controller icon next to your name if you were either playing on Steam Deck or in Big Picture Mode - now there’s a separate icon for the Steam Deck rather than both using the same controller icon