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Release Notes

A new generation of PC gaming that not only defines boundaries but breaks through them.

playtron game os

GameOS 1.0

New Features

Playtron Verified
- Games will now be marked as Verified, Playable, Unsupported, or Unknown automatically as more and more game sessions are verified dynamically.
Store
- Search for games to buy and view current market prices on Epic Games Store, GOG.com, and Steam
- QR codes are provided to store links
- Deeper store integration is coming in future releases
Delisted games and DOS games are now supported
Select Linux games are now running their native Linux version
Epic Games Store now uses a webview for logins
- This provides the most reliable login experience
Sideloaded local games now use a container runtime by default for consistency
Sui wallet integration
Complete overhaul of our content ingestion system which should resolve nearly all issues around duplicated titles and titles with the wrong metadata.
Support for languages other than English
- Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish
Support for 20 regions:
- Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Spain, United States & United Kingdom.

Fixed Issues

18+ content will sometimes be recommended from the Explore/Search screens.
Cancelling a cloud save conflict resolution will forcefully resolve the conflict.
On some platforms, the Quick Access Menu will open when the home button is pressed.
Bluetooth devices that are paired may not move to the connected devices section.
Launching a game from the “Recently Installed” section of the home screen and returning home will not display the other carousels.
Carousels in the Explore section are currently only refreshed on device restart.
Games underneath overviews will state “Unlinked Provider” despite the user's linked provider status.
ASUS ROG Ally has two internal controllers showing up in the input screen.
BIOS & Firmware updates did not show any updatable firmware for some devices that should.
Switching an input device incorrectly states “output” in its notification.
The Recently Released carousel in the Explore column may contain games that are not recently released.
Games that have not been released and DLCs of Free to Play games are appearing in the “Free to Play” carousel.
On some devices, there is major lag when the virtual keyboard opens during account linking.
Some filters in the collection cannot be selected with the internal controls.
Automatic timezone settings sometimes require a reboot to take effect.
Not every game's ESRB rating is reflective of its store page.

General

When moving a game to a storage device, the wrong game name will be displayed if the user interacts with a different game.
Purchasing a game on the wishlist will not remove it from the wishlist.
Disconnecting a device in the Bluetooth settings may require the user to relink the device before connecting again.
Returning to the home screen with an external controller may require the user to press the home button an additional time to resume use.
Notification does not appear when external storage devices are disconnected.
Waking the device from sleep may induce a short period of low performance.
Selecting a genre under app details will not bring the user to the collection with that as an active filter.
Closing or opening games may remove controllers from the Reorder Controllers screen.
- Rebooting fixes this, allowing you reorder controllers again.
Images for games that were in the Explore or Recent screens will sometimes disappear after updating.
- Restarting should restore these images.
Forgotten password emails will display the last language chosen on any device as opposed to the active language on the active device.

Search & Explore

Games that have not been released are appearing in Search when “Free” is selected as a price filter.
Purchasing games from the Wishlist does not remove them.
“Recently Added” filter in the collection does not properly sort games.
Search results cannot be filtered by price in currencies other than USD.
Searches filtered by release date have limited pages compared to “Best Match”
Attempting to filter by Features in languages other than English will sometimes return no results.

Games

Touchscreen is not supported in all games.
Some games do not display artwork in their app card.
A few games you own may not appear in your library. Please report them so that we can fix them.
DirectX 12 games may fail to launch when using Intel graphics.
Some Steam or EGS games may have a duplicated app card in your Collection.
EULA text may not be displayed in the language the user has selected in GameOS.

Provider-Specific

Attempting to link your Epic Games Store (EGS) account when launching an EGS title for the first time requires a touchscreen or mouse to complete the linking process.
Attempting to unlink a provider fails if the user is running a game associated with that provider.

Hardware

NVIDIA
- In general, more games will have issues on NVIDIA platforms than with Alpha 3.X due to issues related to the latest NVIDIA drivers.
- On NVIDIA, using a mouse in-game causes severe lag. We recommend using a controller instead.
Valve Steam Deck LCD
- The Valve Steam Deck LCD's default controls are represented as keyboard glyphs in the footer.
ASUS ROG Ally
- Waking the ROG ally from sleep, there's a chance that the Home/QAM buttons stop working.
Other
- Connecting an external display may temporarily distort the position of app cards on the Home screen.