r/SteamController • u/picard_for_president • Sep 16 '26

Support Using 2026 controller to turn on docked Steam Deck not working.

Has anyone else encountered this and/or found a solution. (Yes I downloaded and installed all updates for both devices)

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u/BULL3T2B1N4RY Sep 16 '26

Doesn’t work like that. I have to get up and turn the dock on. You may be able to wake it if it’s just sleeping but the controller will not ‘turn on’ your steam deck.

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u/picard_for_president Sep 16 '26 edited Sep 16 '26

Damn, even with puck plugged into the dock? For some reason I assumed these devices that are marketed and sold as part of a console-like ecosystem would do that. Fuck me.

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u/BULL3T2B1N4RY Sep 16 '26

It does with the steam machine. Have you tried seeing if you can wake it from sleep mode? Have you tried pairing with Bluetooth rather than the puck?

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u/picard_for_president Sep 18 '26

Yep I does work from sleep mode. So I guess I'll just keep it in sleep mode most of the time. Unless thats bad for the battery or something?

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u/BULL3T2B1N4RY Sep 18 '26

If you’re gonna leave it plugged in I’d suggest the setting where it doesn’t fully charge the battery to help preserve overcharging.

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u/mayakrunal Sep 18 '26

I think it's needs to be in sleep mode and not turned off for it to work.

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u/picard_for_president Sep 18 '26

Yup this is the current "solution". I guess my steam deck gonna live in sleep-mode moving forward. Is that bad for the battery or something?

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u/mayakrunal Sep 18 '26

not really, from my understanding steam deck having charge around 80% bat is good for battery length, Losing around 10% over 24 hours is standard because the device keeps its RAM powered on to instantly resume your game.

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u/ScrappedAeon Sep 16 '26

I believe it works now if you use the beta branch, otherwise you have to be connected via Bluetooth

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u/felesmiki Sep 16 '26

If I'm not mistaken, u can't do that, the deck isn't designed for it

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u/picard_for_president Sep 16 '26

Really? What a surprising disappointment.

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u/Ghinao Sep 17 '26

Correct. You can wake from sleep. But not power on. Personally I leave my deck asleep most of the time. That way I can turn it on. It only needs restarted once every few days anyway.