Based on my research, the steam deck lcd should be able to wake when a controller connects with it. Yet when I paired and enabled wake on Bluetooth for any of my controller it doesn’t work or connect.
Am I doing something wrong?
The controller I’ve tested are
Xbox One
Xbox Series X
PS4
PS4 V2
All controller have been updated by their respective systems.
An alternative some people do is to use a smart plug to turn power off/on to the deck’s dock (I’m assuming it’s docked if you’re using a controller).
There’s a bios setting to wake up the deck whenever it’s plugged in, so cycling power like that will wake up the deck.
Honestly I’m just going to treat it like my PS2. Just need to put my controller near the deck if I want to use it.
If valve is working on it (which it looks like they are) it’s a matter of if than when
Which valve? The one that made half life? Lol
No, the SteamOS and hardware teams are actually different groups of people to the game developers.
Oh, the ones who made the last steam machine and controller and supported them for 10 minutes
Valve made no Steam Machine before the upcoming one. Are you confused and meant the 3rd party devices that were branded Steam Machines? Those were not by Valve and not by the Half-Life development team in particular.
Steam Controller 1 is still fully supported and got Bluetooth firmware several years after release: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/353370/view/3931035846865617357
That’s an optimistic take. As a long-time LCD owner I don’t expect this to ever work flawlessly.
My wife is aiming to get a Steam Machine when they become available. This steam deck is taking the place of it until then for me.
It’s no worse then my older consoles and the alternatives from Ayn or Ambernic, and the facts it’s being consider and worked on is a positive.
There is a decent chance the USB-connected charger/receiver for the Steam Controller 2 could wake a docked Steam Deck LCD, btw.
Shhhh, she might hear you and totally wasn’t my plan.
If my original Steam Controller dongle wasn’t destroyed I’d totally test it too.
Another option is to connect a Steam Controller (via its dongle, not via bluetooth). Pressing the controller steam button wakes it up always.
Do you mean the Steam Controller or the Steam Controller?
Yes
Obviously they meant the Steam Controller, not the Steam Controller.
I have a steam controller, will it be able to use the same dongle as the steam controller? I imagine not, probably only works with the steam controller 😖