Valve will officially let you install SteamOS on other handhelds as soon as this April
SteamOS was always supposed to be bigger than Valve’s own Steam Deck, and 2025 is the year it finally expands. Not only will Lenovo ship the first third-party SteamOS handheld this May, Valve has now revealed it will let you install a working copy of SteamOS on other handhelds even sooner than that.
SteamOS Will Be Available for Third-Party Handhelds Starting This April
PC and handheld gamers will soon have the ability to install SteamOS, the very same operating on the Steam Deck, on any of their handhelds.
You’ll be able to install a SteamOS beta on third-party handheld gaming PCs before April
You can already kind of do that by installing a third-party port of SteamOS such as Bazzite, HoloISO, or ChimeraOS. But those are unofficial implementations that don’t receive software updates delivered by Valve, and which may have compatibility issues with some hardware or games that work on a Steam Deck.
Lenovo Announces World's First Non-Valve Handheld PC with SteamOS
Lenovo has finally announced a new line of Legion Go handheld PCs, with one that will come installed with SteamOS out of the box. The new model is called the Legion Go S, and it's the world's first handheld PC from a third-party manufacturer using Valve's operating system.
Valve will power a Lenovo portable gaming PC as SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck
Valve is making a notable shift with its portable gaming strategy as Lenovo debuted a new edition of its Legion Go gaming handheld that runs Valve’s custom operating system.
SteamOS expands to other gaming handhelds with the Lenovo Legion Go S
SteamOS is slowly becoming an alternative to Windows for handheld gaming devices. After launching the Steam Deck with SteamOS, its own operating system,
Interview: Valve talks SteamOS on third-party handhelds
The Steam Deck has been the biggest PC gaming hardware story of the last few years. So it’s no surprise that the idea of running SteamOS (perhaps the most celebrated component of that machine) on other handhelds like the Legion Go S is also a big deal.
SteamOS Will Soon Be Available on Non-Steam Deck Handhelds
Valve will begin allowing third-party handhelds to license SteamOS starting with Lenovo's new Legion Go S. At CES 2025, Lenovo announced that it will ship a version of its upcoming Legion Go S handheld called the "Powered by SteamOS" that will run,
Valve is bringing SteamOS to the Lenovo Legion Go S
Several competitors have cropped up in the handheld PC gaming space in recent years, and Valve is looking to spread the love in 2025. SteamOS is coming to the Lenovo Legion Go S, marking the first third-party device to launch with support for the software.
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