Valve has announced a new Steam Beta which users can currently sign up for when launching their client.
In order to sign up, simply go into Steam, select ‘File’, then ‘Settings’ and then on account, select ‘change’. Once you have opted in, you must restart Steam to initiate the beta.
Steam Beta features list
– Changed microphone voice input from 11khz to 16 khz
– Changed voice output from 8khz to 16khz
– Moved game invites from friends outside of the chat stream, into their own panel in the chat dialog
– [Mac OSX] Fixed a problem where attempting to resume a paused/interrupted download could always report ‘server unavailable’
– Fixed games not launching automatically after resolving a cloud conflict
– Fixed download rate sometimes erroneously reporting very high speeds
– Added password strength meter when you change your password
– Added UI prompting you to choose a new password if you’ve had support change your password
– Added Steam screenshots feature. Press F12 in any game to take a screenshot. Screenshots are automatically uploaded to the steam cloud after exiting the game, or can be manually uploaded while in-game through the in-game overlay. Screenshots can be managed through the community site and can be published to your Steam Community Profile to share with your friends. Games that use DirectX 8 and earlier are not yet supported.
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