Valves new steam controller can wake the LCD stream deck over Bluetooth

Don't know if anyone has tried or if it's well known, but I did. There was a brief period where I could wake it with my Xbox series controllers but then valve pulled the feature for bugs which I never experienced.

I first tried with the dongle which wakes it as expected on my Linux desktop and my steam deck. Then I paired it with Bluetooth mode and was able to wake it without issue.

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kboos1@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 76d (8 replies)

My 8bitDo Ultimate 2 wakes my Steam Deck.

cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 76d (7 replies)

Is it the LCD model? Because valve pulled an experimental feature. It momentarily worked on my Xbox series controllers but then it was pulled. I don't know why, people claim the BT version can't support wake but that's obviously false.

undu@discuss.tchncs.de · 15 pts · 76d (4 replies)

Yes, it's been reintroduced in the latest stable update (3.8)

MaggiWuerze@feddit.org · 2 pts · 76d (2 replies)

How recent was that? Would love to be able to do that with my Xbox controllers

slock@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 76d (1 reply)

It hit the stable channel this week, so fairly recent (unless you're on the beta os)

MaggiWuerze@feddit.org · 1 pts · 76d

Nice, that bugged me for a while now

cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 75d

Weird I still can't wake with Xbox series controllers.

kboos1@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 75d (1 reply)

Yes, Gen1 LCD. Like the other person said has been working for a while but I'm on beta updates.

cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 75d

Ah, I'm on stable. My Xbox controllers still won't wake it.

jackal@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 75d

Any Bluetooth controller can wake the Steam Deck. They had to disable it for a while due to bugs but it was re-enabled in a recent update.

Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 76d (2 replies)

Amazing, I tried it when I first got the controller and it didn't seem to work. I'll definitely give it another go because this would make things so much more convenient.

Davel23@fedia.io · 9 pts · 76d

The recent SteamOS update reenabled wake on Bluetooth for the LCD model.

cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 76d

I can live without it but I do love it, glad to see it works!

anguo@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 75d (1 reply)

When they first introduced it, my Bluetooth earbuds would wake it up every time I took them out of their case.

cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 75d

Oh man I used poxelbuds with mine at the same time and never had an issue. Like I said, didn't affect me but it sucks so many had issues.

mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 75d

The OG steam controller can do it too, at least if you're using the dongle