As you can see in the top right, when the LE is plugged in while playing in a dark room, there’s quite a bit of light shining through the front of the translucent shell (brighter and more distracting than this photo really illustrates). Didn’t think about the possibility because it was never an issue with the opaque standard shell, as the light only shines through the top side of the shell, which you weren’t looking at.
Would be nice to see a toggle to disable that light when playing (can tell if charging or not via the display anyway in that case). Until then I guess the only reasonable fix is to not play while plugged in (or electrical tape, lol).
https://steamdeckhq.com/news/valve-working-on-update-steam-deck-power-led/ valve is working on it
Sweet! I was literally talking to a friend about it when I got my LE on Tuesday and said “It wouldn’t surprise me to see a patch with more light options soon knowing how receptive Valve has been with other small issues.”