{"id":189546,"date":"2022-04-28T12:21:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T10:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=189546"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:47:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:47:55","slug":"steam-deck-windows-11-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/steam-deck-windows-11-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam Deck finally receives Windows 11 update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Valve has been testing a beta version of <a href=\"https:\/\/windows-11.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Windows 11<\/a> on its handheld console\u2019s SteamOS for a few months now. It was mostly only available in test phases while the company ironed out some issues on Steam Deck. Whatever the problems were before, it appears to be sorted now with the <strong>official update release<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most significant changes is support for fTPM. What this means is that the device can <strong>enable Firmware TPM<\/strong> on the small CPU. Those who can\u2019t upgrade from Windows 10 to 11 on computers will know that it\u2019s one of the top requirements for the new operating system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A benefit of running Windows 11 on the SteamOS device is the <strong>improved touchscreen capabilities<\/strong> it brings to <a href=\"https:\/\/steam.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a> games. The incompatibility issues with Valve\u2019s anti-cheat system are also now a thing of the past. Sadly, there\u2019s always something bad that comes with the good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As with most migrations to new operating systems, not everything will run smoothly. The original interface was designed to <strong>run smoothly<\/strong> with Steam games. You\u2019ll have to become used to how Windows 11 handles gaming and engagement with others on Steam Deck. If you\u2019re not fond of complicated systems and transferrals, you may not enjoy the entire process of installing the new system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, we\u2019re looking forward to when <a href=\"https:\/\/windows-11.en.softonic.com\/articles\/microsoft-directstorage-api-windows-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Windows 11 DirectStorage becomes a reality<\/a>. There\u2019s no rush to <strong>install the new OS<\/strong> at this point if you want to wait until more features arrive for Steam Deck. It may be worthwhile seeing how many issues other gamers discover before making the plunge yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valve has been testing a beta version of Windows 11 on its handheld console\u2019s SteamOS for a few months now. It was mostly only available in test phases while the company ironed out some issues on Steam Deck. Whatever the problems were before, it appears to be sorted now with the official update release. One &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/steam-deck-windows-11-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Steam Deck finally receives Windows 11 update&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":189548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[3149,1617],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-189546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionwindows-11","tag-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324009,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189546\/revisions\/324009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189546"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=189546"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=189546"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=189546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}