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SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta Released With Initial Native Support For AMD HDMI VRR
Written by Michael Larabel in Valve on 29 May 2026 at 10:33 PM EDT. 11 Comments
Valve tonight released their beta version of SteamOS 3.8.6 that contains a number of notable enhancements, including native HDMI Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) support in initial form.
SteamOS 3.8.6 beta brings preliminary support for HDMI VRR for devices with native HDMI output. This goes along with ongoing work by AMD toward upstreaming their HDMI 2.1 implementation into the mainline Linux kernel for the AMDGPU driver. Great seeing Valve proactively picking up the HDMI native VRR enablement work ahead of that milestone and continues to show the close collaboration with AMD on this long sought after effort after being blocked for years by the HDMI Forum.
Some other work in today's beta release include various bug fixes, controller support for MSI Claw and OneXPlayer APEX / X1 handheld devices and improvements to existing handheld support.
More details on today's SteamOS 3.8.6 beta via SteamPowered.com.
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