Lenovo might soon announce a SteamOS handheld

Valve revealed earlier this year that it volition enactment the ROG Ally handheld with its Steam Deck operating system, and present it looks similar Lenovo volition soon person its ain SteamOS handheld, too. Evan Blass has posted images of an unannounced Lenovo Legion Go S connected X today, revealing achromatic and achromatic variants of a handheld gaming PC. The absorbing part? The achromatic 1 has a Steam button.

While the debased solution images don’t instantly shriek SteamOS, if you look intimately you’ll announcement a Steam logo is disposable connected a fastener to the near of the display. Interestingly, the achromatic exemplary doesn’t person the aforesaid Steam fastener — which could bespeak Lenovo is preparing Windows- and SteamOS-powered models of its Legion Go S.

PC makers similar Lenovo, Asus, and MSI person each opted for Windows-based handhelds truthful far, but arsenic user patience with Windows connected tiny screens wears bladed and Microsoft’s advancement successful improving the acquisition is slow, it seems similar OEMs are looking for a amended alternative.

Lenovo’s imaginable introduction into a SteamOS handheld comes conscionable days aft Valve softly updated a papers with caller branding guidelines that include “Powered by SteamOS” hardware. It’s the surest motion yet that Valve is moving with much third-party hardware manufacturers, beyond Asus, to certify devices with SteamOS. With CES 2025 conscionable a fewer weeks away, we could beryllium astir to witnesser a batch much SteamOS-powered hardware.

Valve has been present before, though. At CES successful 2013, it tried to tempt PC manufacturers to motion up to its Steam Machines initiative, but it didn’t get acold capable with developers to person them to larboard games to Linux to marque these machines successful. There’s crushed to judge this clip things volition beryllium precise different, acknowledgment to Proton. The Steam Deck uses the Proton bundle compatibility furniture and has already proved that galore Windows games tin adjacent tally amended connected Linux arsenic a result.