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Valve has just shipped<\/a> a huge UI overhaul to Steam\u2019s In-Game Overlay in the Steam Beta, among other fresh coats of paint. It also comes with one particularly awesome idea: a traveling notepad. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Yes, you\u2019ve probably already got a notepad app on your PC, but does yours automatically pop up the correct file that corresponds to each game you play? Can you overlay it on top of your game so it\u2019s visible while you play? Does it automatically sync from PC to PC via the cloud? Valve says its new Notes app does all of that, and works offline too. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n It\u2019s not the only window you can newly pin atop a game: Valve says Guides, Discussions, and the Steam web browser can all be summoned into your game with adjustable opacity \u2014 you can even watch video while you\u2019re playing a game using that browser, according to Valve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n You\u2019ll also see a new Game Overview when you pull up the overlay, a toolbar for quick access to \u201canything you may need in the middle of a game,\u201d a revamped notifications tab and screenshot manager. The patch also brings optional hardware acceleration for the Linux version of Steam, with Mac on the way, and minor UI tweaks to other parts of the interface. You can see Valve\u2019s full update post here<\/a> with more screenshots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Valve says it\u2019s starting to ship these sorts of changes across Steam Desktop, Big Picture Mode and Steam Deck simultaneously \u2014 but the Deck only has them in its Linux desktop mode as of today. Valve\u2019s Lawrence Yang confirms<\/a> that features like the Notes mode will be coming to the Deck gaming mode later too, though.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n