The Steam Deck's success boils down to ease of use, something that you may soon get on Asus or Lenovo-brand handhelds. Reading time 2 minutes You don’t have to look hard for the best gaming handheld ...

While there is some disagreement on the subject, gamers by and large prefer the Steam Deck's simple, console-like SteamOS interface to Windows 11 or the Xbox Ally X's Xbox full-screen experience. The ...

What if your gaming laptop could ditch Windows entirely and still deliver a seamless, high-performance gaming experience? That’s the bold promise of SteamOS, Valve’s Linux-based operating system ...

Since the successful launch of the Steam Deck nearly two years ago, we’ve seen plenty of would-be competitors that have tried to mimic the Deck’s portable form factor and ability to run PC games. Thus ...

One of the most delightful gadgets to emerge over the past several years is the handheld gaming PC. Popularized by the Steam Deck, these are essentially tiny Windows computers stuffed into a Nintendo ...

João has been covering the tech world for over 7 years, with a heavy focus on laptops and the Windows ecosystem. I also love all things tech and videogames, especially Nintendo, which he's always ...

Innovation, but at a price.

That's called progress: SteamOS started life as a lightweight Linux-based system built for Valve's Steam Machines that never really picked up steam (pun intended). Now, it powers the Steam Deck and ...

The announcement that Lenovo’s second-gen Legion Go S handheld is powered by Valve’s Linux-based SteamOS, the first PC gaming handheld to hold that honor, has started tongues wagging that Microsoft ...

Brady Snyder is a technology journalist that has written about mobile devices and computers for multiple publications over the last two years. He graduated from St. John's University in 2023 with a ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. The gaming handheld landscape is certainly heating up with Xbox jumping into the fray with the newly announced ROG Ally and a big push into Windows 11 ...

Forget PlayStation and Nintendo. The next Xbox's truest adversary may be SteamOS-driven hardware—and I'm all for it. Have you seen the news? Microsoft has signaled that future Xbox consoles will run ...