Valve talks SteamOS on 3rd-party handhelds

Valve Promises A SteamOS Beta For Multiple Handhelds
Valve shared some welcome news about running SteamOS on devices beyond the Steam Deck or the officially licensed Legion Go S model.
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.
Interview: Valve talks SteamOS on third-party handhelds
Adam cornered Valve engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais to chat about the Legion Go S and other third-party handhelds running Steam software.
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.
Legion Go S: Valve releases SteamOS for other handhelds
Valve's Steam Deck operating system SteamOS can now also run on handhelds from independent manufacturers. The Legion Go S from Lenovo makes the start.
The Lenovo Legion Go S Is the First Non-Valve Handheld With SteamOS
The Lenovo Legion Go S with Windows or SteamOS also joins a prototype for the Lenovo Go 2, now with controllers you can comfortably hold.
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, Valve is now partnering with third-party manufacturers so that they can release gaming handhelds with SteamOS support.
The Lenovo Legion Go S could finally get me into handheld gaming PCs
At CES today, though, I got the chance to try the Legion Go S, Lenovo's competitive new handheld PC that comes in both SteamOS and Windows varieties. With an 8", 120Hz display, an AMD Ryzen Z2 Go CPU,
RIP Windows gaming handhelds: Valve will let you install SteamOS on anything you want
Up until now, there have only been unofficial ways to install SteamOS, but Valve was pretty clear. It wants SteamOS running on everything. The representatives that I spoke to were
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