Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.7.1 Preview fixes up some sound issues

By Liam Dawe - 18 Mar 2025 at 9:46 am UTC

Valve have released a quick follow-up update to the big SteamOS 3.7 preview on Steam Deck to fix up some issues people have been reporting with the sound quality.

SteamOS 3.7.1 "Safe and Sound" includes these changes:

General

Fixed a sound quality regression on Steam Deck OLED.

Fixed a sound volume regression on Steam Deck LCD.

I didn't actually notice issues across mine but it seems quite a few people did. Nice to see Valve get that sorted so quickly.

Source: Valve

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Tags: Steam Deck, Beta, Misc, Steam, SteamOS, Valve

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4 comments

portaloffreedom 4 days ago

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Does someone know what changed exactly? A pipewire version update, or just a configuration file that changed? Or something else entirely.
I'm very curious..

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Stella 4 days ago

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That sounds good!

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Linas 3 days ago

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Yes! This has been bothering me ever since I upgraded to 3.7.0.

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Zlopez 3 days ago

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From what I saw they also fixed the bluetooth wake up on PS4 controller on LCD model. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/913

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