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Steam Deck now has a display-off low-power download mode

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  1. kfwyre
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    Today we are adding a new feature to Steam Deck, enabling it to complete all active downloads in a new display-off low-power mode, before going to sleep. This feature is enabled by default when Steam Deck is plugged in to power, and can also be enabled on battery power in Settings > Power.

    11 votes
  2. Crespyl
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    This will be nice for people who have games that update frequently, or any game with big updates. I'm curious to see how this works (if it does) on other handhelds running SteamOS. Power...

    This will be nice for people who have games that update frequently, or any game with big updates.

    I'm curious to see how this works (if it does) on other handhelds running SteamOS. Power management and the various sleep states have proven tricky to get right even on other well supported hardware/OS configurations.

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  3. zestier
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    Fantastic. Leaving the screen on to download things always bugged me. It bugged me so much I even switched to desktop mode for large downloads just so I could turn off the screen.

    Fantastic. Leaving the screen on to download things always bugged me. It bugged me so much I even switched to desktop mode for large downloads just so I could turn off the screen.

    5 votes
  4. DFGdanger
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    Excellent feature that I have wished for on multiple occasions.

    Excellent feature that I have wished for on multiple occasions.

  5. donn
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    Actually amazing. I'd taken to just switching to Desktop Mode and having the power settings SPECIFICALLY be designed to only turn the screen off when plugged in, and used that for downloads. About...

    Actually amazing. I'd taken to just switching to Desktop Mode and having the power settings SPECIFICALLY be designed to only turn the screen off when plugged in, and used that for downloads.

    About time.