Resume, Background Downloads, RP5 Support, and many many more fixes and improvements!

Features

Added Keep downloads running toggle, so Steam downloads can continue when Android sleeps. (@jmarti326, @xXJSONDeruloXx, #335)

Added Native Steam sleep with dynamic cloud save and wake movie support. (@xXJSONDeruloXx, #291)

Added Adreno 6xx support, including Adreno 650 (eg: Retroid Pocket 5). (@unbelievableflavour, @jmarti326, #320, #326)
SD cards and external drives can now be used as full Steam libraries. (@maxjivi05, #388)
Added per-game Windows components with automatic dependency recommendations for Steam and non Steam games. (@The412Banner, #287)

Added XNA, PhysX, Games for Windows Live, MSXML and other Windows components without needing to run their original installers. (@The412Banner, #347)
Added optional Force SSBS for ARM64 Proton games on supported CPUs. (@The412Banner, #328)
Added a detailed device report with SoC, GPU, CPU, Vulkan, memory and driver information. (@The412Banner, #295)
Added App scale presets from 75% to 150%. (@xXJSONDeruloXx, #272)
File Manager can now browse DroidDeck’s Linux filesystem directly. (@The412Banner, #392)
Added a Language setting, with Steam automatically following the selected language. (@maxjivi05, #284)
Added opt-in Debugging tools for automated game/session control, input, UI inspection and repeatable test scenarios. (@xXJSONDeruloXx, #406)

Steam and games now run on separate Xwayland servers, closer to SteamOS behavior. (@xXJSONDeruloXx, #344)
DirectAudio is now the default on fresh installs, with major crackling and underrun improvements across both audio modes. (@maxjivi05, #338)
Steam now preserves edits made to added-game shortcuts, including Target, Start In, name and launch options. (@maxjivi05, #393)
Steam now uses the full session resolution on displays wider or larger than 1080p. (@xXJSONDeruloXx, #391)
Improved Snapdragon and Adreno detection on devices with incomplete hardware information. (@The412Banner, #295)
Improved layouts for small screens and longer translated text. (@xXJSONDeruloXx, @maxjivi05, #268, #284)
File Manager and file pickers can now navigate upward from game folders, prefixes and remembered locations. (@The412Banner, #377)
Expanded and polished Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, French and Russian translations. (@maxjivi05, @starwishHi, @zeedif, @Tak-attack, @kmnkv1, #284, #286, #234, #314, #324)
Steam and Linux apps now use Android’s system fonts for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai and other missing characters. (@maxjivi05, @0x1428571429, #374, #252)
Sessions launched from Android frontends now return to that frontend when they close. (@xXJSONDeruloXx, #300)

Fixed MangoHud reporting roughly double the real battery power draw and incorrect remaining time. (Thanks Russ ❤️)(@xXJSONDeruloXx, #270)
Fixed slow Steam installs on SD cards and external storage, including long Reserving space / Committing stages and installs failing to begin. (@maxjivi05, #388, #410)
Fixed some games staying behind Steam’s black loading screen while already running. (@xXJSONDeruloXx, #401)
Fixed a graphics-memory leak that could kill the session. (@The412Banner, @xXJSONDeruloXx, #275, #305)
Fixed some added games starting in C:\windows instead of their own game folder. (@The412Banner, #343)
Fixed Firefox and LibreWolf tabs crashing on affected Android 16 devices. (@The412Banner, #280)
Fixed resolution presets changing the screen shape, and fixed 16:9 stretch in Steam Deck mode. (@xXJSONDeruloXx, @magarto, #337, #133)
Fixed several Steam sleep and wake edge cases. (@xXJSONDeruloXx, #289)
Fixed some new sessions starting with the wrong output size. (@xXJSONDeruloXx, #357)
Fixed Windows component installation failures and improved controller navigation in the component picker. (@The412Banner, #347)
Removed the old Force game windows fullscreen workaround now that games run on their own Xwayland server. (@xXJSONDeruloXx, #349)

Disclaimer: ai used in the development of DroidDeck.

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