Valve Announces Massive Steam Client Update with Lots of Controller Improvements

Today, December 12, 2016, Valve announced the availability of a new, major stable update for the Steam client across all supported platforms, including GNU/Linux, Windows, and macOS.

As one might expect, today's Steam client stable update includes all the goodies that those who are using the Beta channel were able to test drive for the past couple of months, but it looks like it also updates the Privacy Policy to comply with the Privacy Shield Framework as agreed to by the US Department of Commerce and the European Commission.

General changes include the implementation of web links to the Steam Support pages in the "Change Password" wizard, higher bandwidth options for 4K streaming via the In-Home Streaming feature, better download and patching speeds for games installed on hard disk drives (HDD), and improved navigation for SteamVR for those who use the Steam dashboard with the Oculus Touch controller.