Valve FINALLY listened!

Valve’s finally listened and they’ve added low power, screen-off downloading to the Steam Deck! Three years on and we’re still getting new features!

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— Chapters —
00:00 Intro
00:31 How to enable screen-off downloads
01:26 Why are we getting this feature now?
02:45 Troubleshooting the new feature
04:43 Giving screen-off downloads a proper spin
06:28 Will we see this feature as part of Bazzite/Chimera or even Steam Desktop?
07:37 In summary