What’s new in Stream Deck 7.0?

🎛️ Virtual Stream Deck — your on-screen workspace controller

Create unlimited virtual keys, customize actions and layouts, then pin them in place or summon to your cursor. It’s your OS sidekick, making every workflow fast and effortless. It's Stream Deck on your computer, anywhere you go.

To start using Virtual Stream Deck today, update to Stream Deck 7.0 and create a new virtual device in the device dropdown.

Learn how to unlock Virtual Stream Deck.

 

👇 Key Logic — multi-tap abilities

Assign up to three different actions to a single key using Key Logic. Perform a unique action based on how the key is pressed:

  • Press
  • Double press
  • Press and hold

For example, press to play/pause music, double press to skip tracks, or press and hold to go to the previous track.

To add Key Logic, right-click any key or drag it from the Multi Action category.

Tap in and learn more.

 

⛅ Weather plugin - stay ahead of the forecast

The new Weather Plugin for Stream Deck puts live weather updates and forecasts at your fingertips, with minimal setup and configuration. Instantly see the sky’s latest mood and plan your day without ever picking up your phone or opening a browser.

Get Weather on Elgato Marketplace.

 

⌨️ Improved system shortcuts — hotkey presets

The hotkey action has been updated with commonly used shortcuts, now available without needing to specify the exact hotkey. Select from copy, paste, screenshot and more.

 

🛠️ Improvements and bug fixes

  • The Open Application action now displays a green dot when the selected app is running.
  • You can now configure the Open Application action to either do nothing, close, or force quit the selected app when long-pressed.
  • Fixed an issue where the Open Application action ignored desktop shortcuts with arguments—for example, launching a specific Chrome profile.
  • Fixed an issue where the Website action would send a GET request upon entering a URL, even without triggering the action.
  • When importing a profile with multiple Stream Deck devices, the current device is now automatically selected in the dropdown.
  • Device list in the profile import window is now sorted alphabetically.
  • Fixed an issue where cancelling a profile import would block future imports until Stream Deck was restarted.
  • Improved detection speed for connected Stream Deck devices when launching the software.
  • Fixed an issue where hidden icon packs would still appear in the icon library.
  • Plugin Makers and Developers: view the latest Stream Deck SDK changes on docs.elgato.com

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