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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.
Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past the Steam Deck.
The official launch of the "Powered by SteamOS" program has been a long time coming; Valve's Lawrence Yang said as far back as 2022 that the company is "excited to see people make their own SteamOS machines." More recently, Valve confirmed that it was working on official SteamOS support for the Asus ROG Ally.
Valve Expands SteamOS Beyond Steam Deck, Challenging Windows Gaming Dominance
Valve partners with Lenovo to expand SteamOS beyond Steam Deck, challenging Windows' gaming dominance with optimized handheld experience.
SteamOS Is Coming To More PC Gaming Handhelds, Starting With Lenovo's New Unit
It's official: Valve's SteamOS will be available on more platforms soon, and the first handheld PC gaming device to adopt the operating system will be the new Lenovo Legion Go S. At CES 2025, it was revealed that the slim Lenovo unit will run on the Linux-based OS--, the same one used on Valve's Steam Deck.
I’m a big PC gamer – these were the 3 best gaming handhelds announced at CES 2025
While this was technically announced last December, the MSI Claw 8 AI+ had a significant presence at CES 2025 - and rightly so, because from what I've seen so far, this is shaping up to be one of (if not the) best handheld gaming PC of recent times.
Lenovo’s Legion Go S is the first non-Valve SteamOS gaming handheld
The Steam Deck is no longer the only SteamOS-based gaming handheld on the market. A more expensive Windows version of the Legion Go S will be available first.
Steam Ate Microsoft's Lunch On PC, It's About To Do The Same On Handhelds
Valve’s handheld device, the Steam Deck, wasn’t the first portable gaming PC ever created, but it is by the far the most successful. And like Steam becoming the de facto way people play PC games in 2025, SteamOS will soon be the most popular way to play PC titles on the go, which is not great for Microsoft.
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.
Lenovo Announces New PC Gaming Handhelds: Legion Go 2, Go S
Lenovo has announced two new iterations on the Legion Go, a PC gaming handheld it released in October 2023. The Legion Go 2 will be a beefier—and likely pricier—version of Lenovo's first-generation device,
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,
SteamOS Expands Beyond Steam Deck: The Legion Go S Is the First Officially Licensed Third-Party Handheld Powered by Valve's Open-Source Linux Distribution
SteamOS is the same operating system we run on Steam Deck, and the team is making updates to ensure it fully supports the Lenovo Legion Go S and provides the same seamless experience customers expect.
Microsoft should be terrified of SteamOS
SteamOS is spreading beyond Valve's hardware. That could threaten Microsoft's hold on PC gaming...or even Windows' hold on ...
SteamOS beta could be available to download to your handheld gaming PC of choice as soon as April
With the announcement of the Lenovo Legion Go S handheld gaming PC, the gears are well and truly turning. Revealed to be the ...
The Switch 2 is almost here — but PC handhelds are giving it big competition
Back in 2017, when the original Switch launched, there wasn’t anything like it. The Switch’s successor will compete in a much ...
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SteamOS Is Officially Launching on a System That's Not By Valve
Valve's SteamOS officially expands to third-party devices, with an upcoming handheld gaming PC set to ship with the Steam ...
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SteamOS Expansion: A Threat to Windows Gaming?
The dominance of Microsoft in the PC gaming industry has been facing several threats and challenges as SteamOS, a Linux-based ...