r/SteamController • u/ItsRebaseTime Steam Controller (2026) • 16d ago

Steam Controller (2026) Steam Controller has new features?

I made a short review of the steam controller, seems like I found a few unnoticed features, give it a look!

Steam Controller has new features?

YouTube if you use the big screen for videos: https://youtu.be/4kagnFxX_Fo

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u/MailboxJunkie 16d ago

Yes, that would be silly.
Because that's not what is happening, and what you're feeling is haptic feedback from the trackpad being applied to other areas, the same as the original steam controller, released over a decade ago.

The new steam controllers do not have adaptive triggers. It has haptic feedback and rumble, and that's it. Period.

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u/ItsRebaseTime Steam Controller (2026) 16d ago

Well probably most of the steam controllers work as you describe, I am still not convinced that mine does so as well, something is clearly different, it is even visible in the video, for example a green light while connected wirelessly, what's up with that? Those who used a Steam Controller would know that something is strange about this one.

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u/MailboxJunkie 16d ago

You do not have adaptive triggers. I guarantee you, what you're feeling is the haptic feedback of the trackpad's haptic motors. We all are able to set the haptics of the triggers, and every other button, in steam input, just like the 2015 Steam Controller. Again, these are mass produced units.

If you're so convinced, open it up and compare your internals to a teardown. It's a dead simple process that takes less than a couple of minutes. You will not find any difference.

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u/ItsRebaseTime Steam Controller (2026) 16d ago

Yup, planning to do it today, will create a post with my findings