Valve Adds Support for the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller to Its Steam Client | Linux Today

Valve Adds Support for the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller to Its Steam Client

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Marius Nestor
May 3, 2018

If you’ve always dreamed of playing your Steam games collection with the Nintendo Switch Pro controller, now you can. The latest Steam Client Beta update adds support for connecting and configuring the Nintendo Switch Pro controller via Steam Input, ensuring native support similar to the Steam Controller. If you want to test out your Nintendo Switch Pro controller with Steam, you will need to switch to the latest Steam Client Beta release by going into Preferences and clicking on the “Change” button under the Beta participation section. Then select “Steam Beta Update” from the Beta participation drop-down list.

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Marius Nestor

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