If you prefer to get stuck into your Steam PC games with a controller rather than the ol’ mouse and keyboard, you’re in luck – the Steam client beta just added a batch of extra support for Xbox controllers with a new update. Alongside options to use more controllers, the update has ushered in some changes that mean you can now tinker with some of the Elite and Series X bindings.
The Steam client beta update notes for January 5 announce the patch has “added a setting for extended Xbox controller support,” which you can enable by heading to the ‘General Controller Setting’ option in your Steam settings menu (it’ll need a driver installation and PC restart to work). The features of this “extended” support include the ability to change up the bindings for the Xbox Elite controller paddles – those four handy controls on the back of the device – as well as the option to bind the Xbox Series X controller’s ‘share’ button, too.
Additionally if you’re keen to have even more Xbox controllers on the go, you can do – the update adds support for more than four of them.