Yeah, so depending on what template you’ve chosen or how you set it up yourself, it can be an additional button that can be activated by just touching the top.

It’s like the trackpads below the sticks

So here’s what it looks like. I forgot to show the back to prove I wasn’t clicking any back buttons. Kinda difficult filming with one hand and a heavy device.

https://youtu.be/0vzsUnbOR9c

Yup!

The top of the Steam Deck’s joysticks are capacitive. Useful for activating gyro, touch menus, and more.

This is my first time on Lemmy and I haven’t used YouTube in a long time; I’m currently trying to upload a demo on YouTube to showcase this works, then I’ll link it in my post.

Gyro aiming on Steam Deck is useful when you want to do micro-movements when you’re zooming or using scopes in shooter games. However, do note that when you use (mouse) gyro most games don’t activate vibration. It’s a big loss to me, but the motors on the Steam Deck or rather the software implementation for it has been rather weak. To retain that, you gotta use controller gyro which is pretty jittery and not smooth as mouse gyro.

Even more so, I find gyro aiming with a controller like Dualsense or Switch Controller much better when you’re staring at a TV screen rather than a screen that’s being tilted as you aim.

Being able to use a risen thumbstick and activate gyro aiming has been nice so far. I hope Valve improves software for gyro even further, controller gyro definitely needs a lot of improvement.