The Steam Deck just got a dual-touchpad keyboard and some much-needed fixes

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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...

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