New Steam Beta Client adds in-game screenshot feature

Hi, Now you can capture me using Steam’s new feature. Cool, huh?

PC gamers can rejoice, a new BETA client for Valve’s PC game download service, STEAM has offered a new way to both take and organize game screenshots.

Basically, you can press the F12 key to take a screenshot of any PC games you own via Steam that are DirectX 9 or higher (older games that use DirectX 8 or below are not yet supported) using this new feature. After exiting the game, any screenshots that you take are automatically uploaded to the Steam Cloud service. You can also post any of those screenshots to your Steam Community Page.

Other new features in this beta version include adding a password strength meter when you want to change your Steam password, a microphone voice input change from 11khz to 16 khz and a voice output change from 8khz to 16khz.

You will be able to download the beta client once you select the “beta participation” option from your Steam Client Menu-Settings tab.

Do test this new feature out and let us know if you’re happy with it.