By Sagar V. Mankar 
The latest Steam Deck beta client update has arrived, bringing a small but meaningful quality-of-life improvement.
Now, highlighting any setting in the quick-access performance menu will display a brief explainer for what that setting does.
This is perfect for new Steam Deck owners who want to customize performance without fully understanding the terminology.
What Does The Update Do?
Simply tapping the Y button pulls up Valve’s intuitive performance menu.
Each setting like GPU/CPU power limit, refresh rate, etc. can be toggled on or off.
Before, you just had to know what each one meant.
Now, hovering over any setting pops up a tooltip explaining how that setting impacts performance and battery life.
For example, limiting the GPU’s power reduces graphics intensity to increase battery life.
Reducing the refresh rate lowers the screen’s FPS.
This makes it easier for average gamers to tweak their Deck’s performance without needing a tech degree.
The expert settings are still there, just supplemented with guides.
Who Is This Aimed At?
While hardware enthusiasts may not need the extra tooltips, many Deck owners aren’t technology gurus.
The simple explanations allow anyone to customize their gaming experience regardless of technical knowledge.
Less experienced users can still utilize the Deck’s robust performance options.
Considering Steam Deck’s mainstream gaming appeal beyond just hardcore PC gamers, the intuitive guides make sense.
Valve wants to encourage all owners to optimize settings for their favorite games and this lowers the learning curve.
What Else Does The Update Include?
Aside from the user-friendly performance menu upgrade, details are light on other changes in the latest beta update.
As with any Steam client beta, users may encounter more bugs and instability compared to the public stable release.
For most owners, the performance menu tooltips will be the highlight.
But under the hood, Valve is likely tweaking compatibility and improving the experience across the board.
Since launching in February 2022, the Steam Deck has seen frequent software updates adding new features.
This has slowed down recently, but Valve remains dedicated to refining the Deck.