Steam Deck: How to Install Microsoft Edge - Ultimate Guide

Today we bring a Steam Deck guide where we will explain how to install Microsoft Edge.

What is Microsoft Edge?

 This is nothing more than a browser that is usually based on Chromium and that is part of the Xbox Cloud Gaming game services, so knowing How to install Microsoft Edge offers us the opportunity to apply it to be able to play any game in our Game Pass, It should be noted that even when it exists in beta version and that it is not necessarily fully optimized, it usually works for several Cloud Games games.

How to install Microsoft Edge on Steam Deck?

 It is necessary to take into account in the first instance that Steam Deck is nothing more than a portable console, in this sense, it is necessary to know How to install Microsoft Edge because thanks to this there is the possibility of loading the Games Pass and being able to play comfortably, While it is true that there were some compatibility issues between Valve's Steam Deck and Xbox Cloud Games making it unplayable due to the anti-cheat system, this has now changed.

 It is good to keep in mind that knowing How to install Microsoft Edge allows us to load Xbox Cloud Game games, although it is important to keep in mind that the optimization is usually a bit low, but this is part of the beta phase, where different tests are usually run to be able to play on this device from a local browser, however, this does not usually make a big difference, here there is no instability or delay in starting the game.

 It is necessary to take into account that the only negative aspect that we get when installing Microsoft Edge is the issue of image resolution, but this is not really a major inconvenience.

 To know how to install Microsoft Edge in our Steam Deck it is necessary:
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• Turn on our Steam Deck and proceed to press the Steam button in order to open the menu and then we will go to Power to switch to desktop.
• Then we will go to Discover Software Center and locate Discover Software Center to go to Applications.
• Next, we select Internet and then Web Browser to locate Microsoft Edge which is usually part of the list of available applications and once we find it we will click on it to select Install.
• Next, we return to desktop mode to go to the application launcher and then go to the Internet in order to right-click on the Microsoft Edge icon where we will choose Steam.
• Next, we will go to the Add a game window in order to find Microsoft Edge and click on it and then proceed to select Add selected programs and check the box next to Microsoft Edge.
• We return to the desktop, locate Application Launcher and then System.
• Next, we locate Konsole to open the terminal window where we are allowed Microsoft Edge override access and enter the command “flatpak –user override –filesystem=/run/udev:ro com.microsoft.Edge”
• We are still working on knowing How to install Microsoft Edge and we will have to press Enter and then click Exit, then Enter to close the Konsole.
• We return to Desktop in order to select Steam and then Library.
• Next, we select Microsoft Edge and right-click to go to Properties.
• We are shown Launch Options after @@u @@ and we will have to type “–window-size=1024,640 –force-device-scale-factor=1.25 –scale-factor -of-device=1.25”

 

 There is the possibility of encountering some problems, which includes that the Microsoft Edge icon may look worn and to solve it we must:

 

•  Download the zip files to a connected USB and copy the files from desktop mode to our Steam Deck in the Documents folder.
• Then we start the Steam Deck to go to library and right click on Microsoft Edge, then on the icon we right click to go to Properties and click on the square, we will go to the folder where we save the illustration, we will choose the file .png.
• In Barner's case we need to go to Library and click on the black space behind the title, click on Set Custom Background and select the .png file.
• In the case of Capsule we will go to Library in Steam and select the rectangle, then we right click on it and then we locate Manage to go to Set custom illustrations, we select the .png file.

 

 This is all we know about How to install Microsoft Edge, we hope this guide can help you and be able to play Steam Deck normally.