Valve adds SteamOS support for its Steam Deck rivals

Valve’s enormous new SteamOS replace is lastly right here, and with it arrives assist for the Steam Deck’s rivals, Lenovo’s Legion Go and Asus’ ROG Ally collection. SteamOS replace 3.7.8 improves assist for these third-party units and different AMD-powered handhelds, fixes a earlier bug that prevented some apps from putting in on the Legion Go S, whereas a “Steam OS Suitable” library tab has additionally been added to the hand-held gadget. Valve made enhancements to the SteamOS restoration picture, repairing the Steam working system on the Steam Deck and the Legion Go S.

Valve outlines two necessities for the third-party units not explicitly named within the replace to run SteamOS on the hand-held: they have to be AMD-powered and have an NVMe SSD. Particular directions for putting in the working system have been up to date and listed right here.

Earlier than this enormous replace, gamers had to make use of another like Bazzite to attain the same SteamOS expertise on their units. The brand new replace additionally piggybacks off of Valve increasing the Steam Deck Verified categorization system to “any gadget working SteamOS that’s not a Steam Deck” in mid-Could. To make issues sweeter, a SteamOS-powered model of the Lenovo Legion Go S is scheduled to launch on Could 25.

Elsewhere within the replace, the Steam Deck was proven an incredible quantity of affection with including a brand new battery-saving possibility referred to as battery cost restrict. Gamers can find the setting below the facility submenu within the Deck’s settings. Very like a Nintendo Swap 2 characteristic, the setting permits customers to set a cost restrict for the Steam Deck. Patch notes beneficial that customers set the restrict to 80% to delay the system’s battery life.