A fresh Steam Beta Client has been released for Desktop and Steam Deck, with a few fixes and upgrades and the change for Steam Families is especially nice.
  • warmaster@lemmy.world
    14·
    4 months ago

    Steam families freaking rocks, the original library sharing was a pain for my kids. I’m so glad they are doing this. On my next trip to the US I want to buy a deck for my kids but I don’t know how, since it requires a US based account.

      • warmaster@lemmy.world
        3·
        4 months ago

        Where did you buy it? I want to buy it in the US to avoid the high overprice that they sell ir at in my country.

    • IamSparticles@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      4 months ago

      Yeah, I really like the fact that my son and I can play different games from the same library at the same time. Also, the bi-directional sharing is very nice, and the whole thing is much easier to set up than the original library sharing.

  • Midnitte@beehaw.orgEnglish
    10·
    4 months ago

    Hope the Families beta is released to stable soon - the beta has some weird volume and display issues with some games (Gungeon is a good example).

        • SnowGator@lemm.ee
          6·
          4 months ago

          What do you mean? My kids have been playing my library using the new Family Sharing rules for a couple months on my LCD deck by opting into the beta.

          And yes, the new Family Sharing is amazing. It’s made me want to buy exclusively into Steam ecosystem.

  • xavier666@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    4 months ago

    Can I share a game with my relative who lives in a different country? Or does it need to be under the same Wi-Fi network?

    • FubarberryOPMEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      It does have to be in the same country. I don’t think it has to be the same wifi network, although Valve does say that it’s intended for people in a single household so they might change requirements later.