Valve has launched a serious UI overhaul for the Steam consumer, giving the PC gaming shopfront a slick new look.
We knew a serious UI overhaul was coming way back to late April, when the Steam Consumer Beta showcased lots of the modifications. Nonetheless, now these modifications have come to the Steam Consumer correct, which means that each Steam consumer can get a style of one thing new.
In a weblog publish on the discharge, Valve runs via among the main modifications. The brand new Steam consumer is construct on a brand new framework that may make it simpler for the corporate to use modifications throughout all the distinct Steam iterations, together with the Steam Desktop Consumer, Huge Image Mode, Steam Deck, and Steam on cell.
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You gained’t see any of that, in fact, however you’ll immediately discover a contemporary search for the Steam consumer. Dialogues, menus, fonts, and hues have all been spruced up.
Valve has additionally made notifications extra helpful in Steam, with the inexperienced bell icon solely lighting up when there’s truly one thing new for you. The tray view will solely present new notifications, in the meantime.
Steam’s in-game overlay has additionally obtained some critical consideration. Shift-Tabbing throughout a sport offers you a brand new look with a brand new toolbar, and you’ll personalise what’s proven. You may as well now pin home windows from the overlay in order that they seem on high of the sport whilst you’re enjoying, with adjustable opacity.
This could show notably helpful for the brand new Notes characteristic, which offers a light-weight note-taking overlay over your present sport. Your notes are saved to every sport and synced throughout gadgets.
A brand new Recreation Overview panel offers you a one cease have a look at all the pieces occurring with a specific sport, together with achievements, associates enjoying, guides, and information.
Mac and Linux customers haven’t been forgotten on this Steam UI overhaul both, with {hardware} acceleration now bringing efficiency as much as par with the Home windows model.