I den seneste opdatering til Steam-klienten, er den nye Steam Broadcast-funktion inkluderet. Ved hjælp af denne, kan man anmode om at se med når ens venner spiller, så længe anmodningen vel at mærke accepteres.
For at komme i gang, skal man ganske enkelt bare finde en ven på sin venneliste, der er i gang med at spille et spil, og vælge "Watch Game" fra drop down-menuen. Så snart anmodningen accepteres af spilleren, kan man bare læne sig tilbage og se med, og selvfølgelig også komme med opmuntrende (eller hånende) ord, gennem Steams eget chat-system.
Ud over Broadcast-funktionen, indeholder opdateringen også en frames-per-second-tæller. Scroll ned for at se hele opdateringens patch notes, eller klik her for at læse mere om den nye Broadcast-funktion.
General
Added Steam Broadcasting.
Added in-game FPS counter to Steam Overlay
When Steam has internally scheduled a game update to be queued sometime in the future, the UI will now display a note to the user indicating that time
Fixed a crash preventing 64-bit Steamworks games from launching on older AMD processors
Fixed starting Steam if instance is already running in other local Windows user session
Fixed restoring game specific hardware mouse cursors when exiting the in-game overlay
Fixed errors in web views not localizing properly
Fixed occasional crash when trying to validate your email address
Fixed rendering the Steam Overlay in some D3D8 games.
Updated Windows Compatibility warnings
Improved synchronization and smoothness of video playback
Reduced CPU usage when drawing animated images or videos
Reduced CPU usage when interacting with the main Steam client window
Big Picture
Fixed to ask the user if they'd like to launch immediately or begin updating the game if an update is available but the game has been played recently
When running in 720p mode scale embedded web views so they are readable
Fixed EULA display occasionally failing to display
Revised navigation on profile menu
Fixed crash when entering a screenshot description
Fixed displaying screenshots for games added by shortcut
In-Home Streaming
Fixed severe frame drop in OpenGL games that occasionally occurred on some hardware
Reduced impact on game frame rate in D3D9c games when not using hardware acceleration
Linux
Fixed a rare bug where Steam could delete user files when failing to start
SteamOS
Fixed some combo boxes in steam client settings accepting text input when selection must be made from dropdown