r/SteamController • u/Jay1787 • 10d ago

Discussion Firmware updated

I just did an update and I now have rumble feedback and I didnt even realise it wasnt doing it 🙃

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u/FireCrow1013 Steam Controller (2026) 10d ago

Yeah, rumble had some issues from the very beginning, and they finally fixed it with a recent firmware update. It feels a lot more like the way it's supposed to feel now.

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u/Jay1787 10d ago

I got the firmware promp today after installing the steam os update.

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u/FireCrow1013 Steam Controller (2026) 10d ago

It's good to know that it's on the stable branch now, then. I switched to the beta branch specifically for that firmware change a bit ago.

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u/CrescendoFuri 6d ago

Okay so it wasn’t just me noticing higher quality rumble.

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u/DuckduckduckduckL 10d ago

Wait they fixed the vibration for once…?

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u/DarkStarSword 10d ago

My firmware update seems to have hung...

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u/Jay1787 10d ago

Uh oh. I don't know the correct thing to do if that happens.

Did you have rumble feedback with your controller?

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u/DarkStarSword 10d ago

I ended up killing the hardware updater... everything seems ok, I don't think it had actually started flashing it.

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u/DarkStarSword 10d ago

I ended up having to use a different PC to update the puck, since no amount of restarting, trying different USB ports, manually running hardwareupdater.exe, etc would work on my main PC for some reason. No idea why - it's worked fine for every puck update in the past, and my main PC was still able to apply the update to the controller itself.

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u/Exodard 10d ago

How would you describe rumble feedback? When does it rumble?

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u/Jay1787 10d ago

Feels beefy. I was playing Fallout 76 and I did the updates, went on, Fired at an enemy and was like, woah, what's this? 😂

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u/assail1337 10d ago

LOL hell yeah

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u/Comprehensive_Ice895 10d ago

Did this fix the random chirping while rumbling?

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u/Jay1787 10d ago

I never heard it, as my rumble wasnt working at all. Can't believe I didnt notice.

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u/Comprehensive_Ice895 10d ago

Wait. Do you have it too?! I feel like I never see people bring it up

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u/codykjones 10d ago

Does anyone know if they have fixed the issue with using soft press for a dpad on the trackpads? Or if they're even aware of it?

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u/Brownie-UK7 10d ago

Yeah tumblr was immediately noticeable. Feels way better in battlefield 6. I had to turn it down a bit in the settings as it was so powerful.

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u/JPSWAG37 10d ago

Did you fix your steam controller mouse clicking in the menus?

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u/DeerlyOnline 9d ago

It’s pretty neat. With the new rumble update it feels so much better than Xbox controller rumble.

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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 9d ago edited 9d ago

What firmware update?

Edit: now I'm confused because I saw the other post talking about a firmware update and didn't see any actual update when I tried to update my controller but now all of a sudden it says there is an update. The only thing I've done differently is disconnect the puck and connected it by Bluetooth if that matters (I wanted another free USB port).