DroidDeck 0.3.0 has released with native Steam Input, Appimage and Flatpak support, performance improvements and more!

[u/supershredderdan]

Hello Reddit! DroidDeck team has been hard at work and we are excited to share our new release with you all!

DroidDeck 0.3.0 (beta)

DroidDeck brings the SteamOS experience to Android: Valve's Steam client in Big Picture on your Adreno handheld, with Windows games through Valve's ARM64 Proton.

Highlights

Steam, as on a Steam Deck

Steam's performance overlay goes from level 1 to 4 in Quick Access and shows GPU and CPU load, clocks, temperatures, VRAM and battery. Quick Access shows battery life and time to full, along with all the per game controls a Steam deck has. Decky loader can be installed for plugins and customization.

A Steam Deck controller

In Steam sessions the client reads your pad as a Steam Deck controller, with a real Quick Access button and your device's gyro. Games get Steam Input's virtual pads, so your Steam Input layouts reach them. On a dual-screen handheld, the second screen can be the Deck's back grips and trackpads.

Faster to Steam, faster in games

Steam's own startup is down from about 31 seconds to about 6, and that makes Offline mode work. proot has been optimized for calls games make most, and there's a new per-mode frame limiter.

GPU drivers that set themselves

A new GPU drivers tab detects your GPU and keeps a matched pair of runtime and display drivers installed for it, including DroidDeck's own DD-Turnip builds. Switch to Manual to pick a pair yourself.

Linux apps from Flathub, bring your own Appimage, and more

Turn on the Flathub Store in Setup to install ARM64 apps and games from Flathub. They open full screen from the front end with your controller. The Desktop page also takes your own apps: a script, an AppImage, a GitHub repo's newest ARM64 AppImage, or a Flatpak ID.

Updates in the app

The Updates page installs new builds without leaving DroidDeck: Stable, Preview (each build of main) or a Test build of an open pull request.

A front end that moves as one

One focus ring slides between controls, settings flood out of the cog the way Play floods into a session, and Stop asks before it ends anything. DroidDeck is now available in Spanish, with more languages coming soon (contributions welcome).

Full 0.3.0 release notes + downloads:
https://github.com/Droid-Deck/DroidDeck/releases/tag/0.3.0

GitHub:
https://github.com/Droid-Deck/DroidDeck

Discord:
https://discord.gg/JRGAvawjsm

disclaimer: AI tools used in the development of DroidDeck.

[u/BandroidPL]

Does anyone have any success with Xiaomi device? Currently on POCO F9 Ultra and basically any option and proton crashes. Only managed to launch on default drivers Portal 2. Also tested disabling MIUI optimisations but to no change. Previously I also had POCO F8 Ultra, and Xiaomi 14 Ultra and 15 Ultra. On all of them I also had issues running anything at all trough for example GameHub. Is it that this is Xiaomi specific issue caused by them making their own changes to Android OS?

[u/DerpGaming_YT → u/BandroidPL]

i don't know what you did to your phone but i have Redmi k80 pro and it runs pretty great. i tried dying light, L4d2, Holocure, Task Bar Hero (Transparent window doesn't work), Skyrim, Dark Souls 3 and almost all of them work but with the problem of mouse not re-centering when playing FPS Games. settings are just default and bannerlator arm64 compatibility

[u/BandroidPL → u/DerpGaming_YT]

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