Nintendo Switch Pro Controller support has been added to the latest Steam Client Beta.

An announcement on Steam's website explains the controller, which has worked with PC via Bluetooth since launch , will now be supported by Steam but at the moment this is restricted to the beta client.To access the Steam Client Beta, you'll need to opt-in via your Steam Account settings in your current client and restart Steam. You'll then need to go into the Controller Settings page to enable the option for the 'Nintendo Switch Configuration Support' the same way you would for PS4 and Xbox controller support.The controller can then be added, calibrated, and have its configurations customised through the Controller Settings menu.Steam explains it has chosen to add Pro Controller support so players can take advantage its gyro aiming abilities and d-pad which we also praised in our review While we may not see Joy-Con support added to Steam any time soon, Nintendo is working on redesigning the smaller controllers after continuing connection issues.

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