There’s a be aware in my Google Keep account that’s years and years outdated, documenting my best Skyrim armor setup, full with dozens of doubled-up and stacked enchantments, lots of that are solely attainable due to intensive modding. The newest Steam beta replace is likely to be made particularly for me, as a result of the addition of a cloud-based be aware system to the in-game overlay is the proper spot for this most nerdy of lists.

The new Notes app helps you to save roughly any text-based messages for your self, sync them throughout your Steam installations, and pin them to the display when you’re taking part in. You may even edit them outdoors the sport, when you’re deep right into a wiki dive on find out how to optimize your Baldur’s Gate construct. But that’s only the start of the new additions to Steam’s in-game interface. The toolbar and sport overview screens have been redesigned, together with chats, guides, and a full browser you possibly can open with out closing your sport. Any of those could be pinned to your display whereas taking part in your sport for simple entry with out switching home windows.

Steam says that the notification system has additionally been overhauled, limiting the tray view to new notifications with a extra intensive “view all” web page elsewhere, and the Screenshot Manager is now sooner with choices for giant or small thumbnails. Under the hood, Steam’s desktop shopper, Big Picture Mode, and Steam Deck implementations have been given some upgrades that ought to imply sooner iterations of modifications throughout all three interfaces.

The beta is obtainable to obtain now (here’s how to try it when you’re new), and most or all of those options ought to make it to the usual construct inside the subsequent few months.