You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games hereRight now, Steam Deck users are running out of time to claim some great free games, but, regarding the system itself, Valve recently released a new update for the Steam OS and SD client. While the OS update fixed issues with one of the biggest games of the year so far playable on SD, the unfortunate news is that the client update resulted in some big problems. Fortunately, Valve claims that the new Steam Deck update is now to safe to download after being rereleased.New Steam Deck client update rereleasedOn April 1st, Valve released the newest Steam Deck client update, 3.6.24. Unfortunately, soon after this update was released, players on Reddit warned others not to download the patch.As also reported by The Verge, the update left devices stuck in boot loops, and resulted in the disappearance of settings to control GPU clock speed and TDP.Fortunately, the update has now been rereleased with the following fixes according to Valve:Fixed display issue on game details page for games with queued updates.Fixed TDP and GPU clock performance settings not working.Fixed crash loop at startup when Wifi Debug Mode setting is enabled.Below are the original patch notes for 3.6.24:Fixed brief layout shift of elements (one or two frames) when navigating back to the library section.Fixed notifications displaying in wrong position in some games.Fixed issue that could allow the keyboard to cover the target text area when summoned from a game.Improved the download speed of Steam client updates.Improved consistency and clarity of download/install/update UI:Byte counts, when displayed, refer to the number of bytes to download.Progress bars and percentages, when displayed, refer to the total progress of the install/update, which includes work before, after, and during the download. The exception is the top (blue) progress bar on the downloads page, which shows the bytes downloaded.Time remaining estimates refer to the total progress of the install/update. These estimates will be very rough at first but will become more accurate as Steam learns more about the performance of the users network and disks.Enable Steam Play for all other titles is always enabled on SteamOS, updated the UI accordingly to stop showing a non functional toggle.No longer applying compatibility tool filtering to shortcuts.Fixed a rare issue where non-steam Protons could get assigned an incorrect compatibility tool.Fixed game content switching from private beta to default branch in some casesImproved accuracy of download progress and time estimates. Accuracy will improve over the course of more downloads.Fixed child accounts in a family getting additional playtime after switching to offline mode.Fixed in-game friends sometimes not showing up in the Friends Who Play section of the game details page.Remote PlayFixed controller input when streaming S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2Steam InputFixed crash when using DualSense controllers, related to gyro timestamp calculation.Fixed adaptive trigger effects with the DualSense Edge controllerIn other news, The Last of Us Part 2 is verified for the Steam Deck.Related TopicsSteam Deck Subscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share