Steam Deck s free update finally lets me use the Spice Girls as a boot-up video TechRadar Skip to main content TechRadar is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's why you can trust us. Steam Deck s free update finally lets me use the Spice Girls as a boot-up video By Daryl Baxter published 5 October 2022 Spice up your Deck (Image credit: Mr.Mikla - Shutterstock) Audio player loading… If you've wanted to have your Steam Deck boot up with something over than the handheld's logo, a beta update that's available to install will let you do that. By going to Settings > System > Steam Update Channel > Beta, you can install this update (opens in new tab) that also changes the resolution when connected to an external display, saving you the hassle of doing this once your Steam Deck is plugged into one. Enabling a different animation is a simple affair, where you drop a video into 'steamui/overrides/movies/' when in Desktop mode, and once the Steam Deck starts up, it will look for a video in this folder, and play it when the Deck next boots up. There's already a Reddit thread (opens in new tab) that features a bunch of videos that you can download and use in this directory, but it made us wonder what we could use ourselves. Steam Spice Of course, with it being the 25th anniversary of the Spiceworld album (opens in new tab), you may want to feature the intro to one of the Spice Girls' songs, such as Who Do You Think You Are. Seeing that boot up would certainly spice up your Steam Deck with every boot. Yet you could install others such as the boot-up videos for gaming consoles from the past. From PlayStation 1 to Xbox, there's a bunch you can download from this link (opens in new tab) and place into the folder that Valve's specified, and your Deck could play a mix of these and Spice Girls videos. It speaks a lot about how Valve is keeping an eye on the community's innovative efforts, with YouTubers (opens in new tab) bringing out unofficial ways to do this previously. With this amount of customization, it only makes us wonder what else we'll be able to do by the time 2022 ends. Daryl BaxterSoftware & Downloads WriterDaryl had been freelancing for 3 years before joining TechRadar, now reporting on everything software-related. In his spare time he's written a book, 'The Making of Tomb Raider', alongside podcasting and usually found playing games old and new on his PC and MacBook Pro. If you have a story about an updated app, one that's about to launch, or just anything Software-related, drop him a line. See more Software news TechRadar Newsletter Sign up to get breaking news, reviews, opinion, analysis and more, plus the hottest tech deals! Thank you for signing up to TechRadar. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. MOST POPULARMOST SHARED1One of the world's most popular programming languages is coming to Linux2Blizzard made me explain Overwatch 2 smurfing to my mum for nothing3Apple October launches: the new devices we might see this month4Google's AI editing tricks are making Photoshop irrelevant for most people5You may not have to sell a body part to afford the Nvidia RTX 4090 after all1We finally know what 'Wi-Fi' stands for - and it's not what you think2Best laptops for designers and coders 3Miofive 4K Dash Cam review4Logitech's latest webcam and headset want to relieve your work day frustrations5Best offers on Laptops for Education – this festive season Technology Magazines (opens in new tab)● (opens in new tab)The best tech tutorials and in-depth reviewsFrom$12.99 (opens in new tab)View (opens in new tab)