Steam OS is coming to more handhelds this spring

Now it is clear that Steam OS is coming to more handhelds this spring. As previously rumored, the Lenovo Legion Go S will be the first non-Steam Deck gaming machine to get the operating system. Steam OS beta will be available for other gaming consoles ahead of Legion Go S launch, according to Valve.

Valve has long expressed the ambition to port Steam OS to more handheld gaming consoles. The Steam OS version of Legion Go S will be released in May, while the beta version of the operating system according to The Verge can be rolled out already in March. However, when a finished version will be available for more gaming machines is still unclear.

SweClocker’s test editor Calle Vahlberg sees the news positively.

– Support for Steam OS on other gaming handhelds is very welcome. Just when it comes to this type of device, I personally think it’s worth more with the simplicity and smoothness that the interface offers rather than the openness of Windows. Now Microsoft has promised to improve Windows for hand-held devices as well, but that is probably some way off, he says.

Windows 11, which is used on several handheld computers, thus faces an increasingly strong competitor. Microsoft has also announced that Windows 11 will receive improvements for handheld computers, including a more “Xbox-like experience”, according to The Verge.