• Daughter3546@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    This would be an awesome feature to have. However, it’ll be very hardware and software dependent. The device needs to wake up constantly to poll if there’s a new demo or game to download.

    This is surprisingly a hard problem to solve due to underlying bugs in the embedded firmware and the OS.

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      12 hours ago

      You can already wake the device up over LAN, USB, or Bluetooth. You could even have a separate device such as a PC or phone that sends the wake up signal to the steam deck if you wanted. I have other devices that work this way in my home already.

      It’d be preferable to manage this all on device of course, but I assure you this is solvable where existing Steam Decks already reside, without needing to fix any low level firmwares.

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        7 hours ago

        You can already wake the device up over LAN

        If you don’t mind, could you explain how to do this? I frequently forget to leave my steam deck on when wanting to use steam link.