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[–] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

About time, I love hitting up friends through the steam friends list, but typing back from a steamdeck is more often then not, kind of a hassle. Now I know beforehand that i'm typing to someone who's on the deck :)

[–] Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Tip if you care about it, Steam Deck has Bluetooth and can connect to Bluetooth devices like any computer. You should be able to get a small Bluetooth keyboard (without a dongle!) and use it for anything on the deck.

[–] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Thanks, you are right! In most of the situations my friends are using it, they are laid back somewhere or docked with a controller on the couch. I have my wireless keyboard with mousepad in the living room, but they don't 😊. It was never a big deal, but this extra info at a glance is useful for those times.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

I played Balders Gate 1 like this.

[–] Romkslrqusz@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

I just use the Steam Chat mobile app

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 3 months ago

Can you do voice to text on the steamdeck?

[–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

This will be great to see which games your friend would want to play at the moment.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] russjr08@bitforged.space 4 points 3 months ago

It previously showed a controller icon next to your name if you were either playing on Steam Deck or in Big Picture Mode - now there's a separate icon for the Steam Deck rather than both using the same controller icon

[–] copd@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I'm pretty sure it already does for me