Valve confirms that SteamOS support is coming to the ROG Ally
ASUS’ ROG Ally may soon support Valve’s Steam Deck OS
Earlier this week, we spotted references to ASUS’ ROG Ally in Valve’s update notes for SteamOS. This suggested that Valve were working on bringing their Steam Deck operating system to 3rd party devices. Now, Valve has confirmed that they are “making steady progress” towards 3rd party device supports. Unfortunately, SteamOS “isn’t ready to run out of the box yet” on 3rd party devices.
In the future, Valve wants to bring its Steam Deck operating system to more devices. That means that it will support more handhelds, and it will support other PCs. That opens the door to SteamOS-based console-style PCs. One thing’s for certain. SteamOS isn’t just for Steam Deck.
The note about ROG Ally keys is related to third-party device support for SteamOS. The team is continuing to work on adding support for additional handhelds on SteamOS.
SteamOS support is coming to the ASUS’ ROG handhelds, but what about the reverse? Is Windows dual-boot support coming to Steam Deck? Valve’s Lawrence Yang has confirmed that they are preparing Windows drivers for their Steam Deck OLED. This will enable dual-boot support for the handheld.
As for Windows, we’re preparing to make the remaining Windows drivers for Steam Deck OLED available (you might have seen that we are prepping firmware for the Bluetooth driver). There’s no update on the timing for dual boot support – it’s still a priority, but we haven’t been able to get to it just yet.
Having SteamOS support on the ROG Ally or ROG Ally X is an attractive prospect. After all, both devices contain more computational power than Valve’s Steam Deck, and feature higher resolution screens. Even so, the Steam Deck has its advantages, like the OLED model’s high-end screen, and its dual trackpad support.
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