Valve’s Steam Deck is a dominating drive within the handheld gaming PC market, due partially to the user-friendly SteamOS. Now others need in — and Valve appears pleased to assist.
At CES 2025, Lenovo introduced a model new handheld PC, the Legion Go S, and it runs Valve’s premiere working system. The Go S has SteamOS pre-installed, and options an 8-inch display with variable refresh price (VRR), Corridor impact joysticks, adjustable set off switches, and different alluring traits not present in any mannequin of the Steam Deck.
The Legion Go S with SteamOS will launch in Could for $499.99, bringing {hardware} specs that put it on par — and, in some instances, nicely above — the Asus ROG Ally and different highly effective handhelds. At its base worth, you’ll get the AMD Ryzen Z1 Excessive CPU, and a 1,920 x 1,200 LCD show that may go as much as a 120 Hz refresh price with VRR assist, which means the display’s refresh price will sync with the body price, so it received’t exhibit display tearing. It’ll include a microSD card slot, two USB4 Sort-C ports (as much as 65 W charging pace), and a headphone jack, and by way of further storage, it helps both M.2 PCIe 2242 or 2280-size SSDs.
There shall be a $599.99 model of the Legion Go S (additionally operating SteamOS) that’ll include the brand new AMD Ryzen Z2 Go processor (a brand new CPU that’s unique to Lenovo, in line with a press launch), 16 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB SSD.
As an alternative of making an attempt to construct one thing wildly totally different than the Steam Deck, Lenovo clearly borrowed a few concepts from Valve for Legion Go S, then iterated with {hardware} options many gamers will adore. As an illustration, there’s just one set of programmable again paddles across the grips, however you possibly can alter the throw of the triggers to journey their full distance, or to be shorter, like a mouse click on. There aren’t any touchpads, as Lenovo opted for the Xbox-style association of sticks, D-pad, and face buttons. Nothing flawed with that; it’s acquired a fingerprint sensor just under the appropriate analog stick, in case you need to lock your system down.
For many who’d moderately have Home windows 11, Lenovo’s acquired you coated with a model of the Legion Go S that’s popping out this month. The $729.99 model that includes the sooner AMD Ryzen Z2 Go, 32 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB SSD will ship first, adopted by a $599.99 configuration in Could that has the Z2 Go, 16 GB of RAM, and 1 TB of storage.
