Valve Plans To Offer SteamOS Support to ASUS ROG Ally & Other Handhelds

Valve has delivered an OS update that paves the way for ASUS’s ROG Ally and other handheld devices, which will soon run on SteamOS. Valve has announced that SteamOS now supports third-party handhelds – including one of the best-selling hand-held devices, ASUS ROG Ally. Valve Designer Lawrence Yang, The Verge Same as reported earlier version of SteamOS will be run the ROG Ally on PCs.

SteamOS Coming to ASUS ROG Ally?

The launch was alluded to in that final note—SteamOS 3.6.9 Bega: Megafixer, the release notes said “Added support for extra ROG Ally keys”—implying compatibility with third-party hardware. The update stems from Valve’s previously mentioned long-term mission to bring SteamOS compatibility with more portable platforms beyond the ROG Ally, though it may take some time before other devices can run on SteamOS.

As for the ROG Ally, it is worth mentioning that Valve will not ship with SteamOS out of the box; However, see above on its recent efforts to expand support–which may bode well for additional handhelds in due course. Lenovo’s Legion Go and MSI’s Claw also make for a few examples of gaming handhelds available.

Valve also goes on to announce plans for transforming its Steam Deck console into a multi-boot Windows-in-a-box handheld that allows different OS switching as per user convenience. According to Yang, Valve is still getting the rest of the Windows drivers ready for the Steam Deck OLED edition but there’s no word on when we can expect a full version of Windows to work smoothly with Steam Deck. That still remains a priority for Valve.

Thanks to being able from moment one the device ran Windows, ASUS can build off-board and take design cues more easily. on what is already a versatile platform with receptivity for Microsoft’s compatible validation needed to build better handheld computers. Although regarded as more powerful than the Steam Deck, gamers knew that they preferred to have something using a Linux-based operating system in their pocket. With the arrival of SteamOS on ROG Ally, handheld gamers could enjoy a number of case scenarios by adopting full OS hop-swapping capability between two different systems.

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