Multiple Bluetooth pairings on Steam Controller (2026)?

[BeardWarrior]

Given that the new Steam Controller supports pairing to two different pucks using A+R1+Steam or A+L1+Steam, it seems logical that the steam controller would also support two Bluetooth connections via B+R1+Steam or B+L1+Steam. Multiple AI search overviews have hallucinated that this is true, seemingly based on information from the 2015 Steam Controller, but as best I can tell this is not the case and the new Steam Controller only supports a single Bluetooth pairing via B+R1+Steam.

Personally, I would love to have multiple Bluetooth pairings stored, as the Puck won't wake my Steam Deck from sleep if I dock it while asleep. I would like to use Bluetooth to wake the Deck when the puck won't, but that prevents me from pairing the controller to any other device. That's a very specific example for my use case, but I can think of any number of reasons why having multiple saved Bluetooth pairings could be handy.

[lyndonguitar]

+1 for this. i really wanted to use my steam controller for more than 1 bluetooth devices. for example dualsense already supports up to four devices

[_I_]

the orig steam controller you could use 2 bt pairings

the new one is similar

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1796-5FC3-88B3-C85F#switch
tldr: steam + b = last used bt device
or steam + start = previous connected device
and steam + y = forget previous device and pair to new device (last used will now be stored at previous)

[lyndonguitar]

Originally posted by _I_:

the orig steam controller you could use 2 bt pairings

the new one is similar

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1796-5FC3-88B3-C85F#switch
tldr: steam + b = last used bt device
or steam + start = previous connected device
and steam + y = forget previous device and pair to new device (last used will now be stored at previous)

that doesnt work for the new one and the article you link is from the old version.