{"id":11274,"date":"2025-11-05T17:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T17:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/11\/05\/steam-deck-finally-introduces-new-quality-of-life-feature-players-have-been-asking-for\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T17:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T17:09:07","slug":"steam-deck-finally-introduces-new-quality-of-life-feature-players-have-been-asking-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/11\/05\/steam-deck-finally-introduces-new-quality-of-life-feature-players-have-been-asking-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam Deck Finally Introduces New Quality-of-Life Feature Players Have Been Asking For"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"article-page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2025\/11\/05\/steam-deck-main-1762362541349.jpg\" \/>\n<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\"><\/section>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/tech\/steam-deck\"> Steam Deck<\/a> has rolled out a much-wanted new feature that <em>finally<\/em> allows players to download games with the handheld PC system in low-power mode.<\/p>\n<p>Up until now, you couldn&#8217;t download anything without the screen remaining on, but now Valve is enabling Steam Deck to &#8220;complete all active downloads in a new display-off low-power mode, before going to sleep.&#8221; It will be enabled by default once you&#8217;re plugged in, but can also be enabled if you go to Settings &gt; Power when running on battery, too.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"image-with-caption\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2025\/11\/05\/bb9e86903f07b1ff009eb972bbe0efa716c0168d-1762361857640.png\" data-image-title=\"undefined\" data-image-class=\"article-image-full-size\" data-image-link=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2025\/11\/05\/bb9e86903f07b1ff009eb972bbe0efa716c0168d-1762361857640.png\" data-caption=\"Image%20credit%3A%20Valve.\"><\/section>\n<\/section>\n<p>&#8220;Display-off downloads are accessible in two ways,&#8221; Valve <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/1675200\/view\/771930569635267984\"><u>explained<\/u><\/a>. &#8220;While Steam Deck is downloading content, pressing the power button now brings up a new dialog, asking whether you&#8217;d like to continue downloading with the screen off. Select Continue, and Steam Deck will go into the new low-power download mode. In addition, Steam Deck will automatically go into this mode after an idle timeout.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in this mode and press a button or move the Deck, a new status screen will be displayed that shows you your download progress. From here, you can choose to fully wake the device or let it finish in low-power mode. <\/p>\n<p>Right now only users in the Beta and Preview channels will have access to the feature, but it shouldn&#8217;t be too long before it rolls out for all.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"steam-deck-oled-review\" data-loop=\"\"><\/section>\n<p>We thought Steam Deck OLED was amazing when it debuted in 2024, writing in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/tech\/steam-deck\"><u>review<\/u><\/a>: &#8220;The Steam Deck OLED brings a fantastic, vibrant screen to Valve&#8217;s handheld gaming PC, but its most impressive upgrade is the much-improved battery life. Combined with all its other small but altogether significant improvements, not to mention more storage at the same price, and it&#8217;s enough to tempt even current Steam Deck owners into upgrading.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Valve might have kicked off the whole portable PC craze with the Steam Deck, but these days it&#8217;s far from the only game in town. Handheld rigs are popping up everywhere, and the competition is getting spicy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/best-handheld-gaming-pc-australia\"><u>Here&#8217;s IGN&#8217;s picks for the best handheld gaming PCs to take on the go<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"divider\"><\/section>\n<p><em>Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world&#8217;s biggest gaming sites and publications. She&#8217;s also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. 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