Valve Slowly Expands SteamOS Support On Non-Valve Hardware
Valve is continuing to broaden SteamOS support beyond its own hardware, with the latest beta adding "initial gamepad support" for a few recent gaming handhelds and improving compatibility for a few others. Ars Technica reports: Those newly supported handhelds include MSI's Claw 8 EX AI+, the extremely expensive, extremely powerful handheld built around Intel's Arc G3 processor that launched this…
Valve is gradually expanding its SteamOS support to non-Valve hardware, as reported by Ars Technica. The latest beta version of SteamOS now provides initial gamepad support for several gaming handhelds, including MSI's Claw 8 EX AI+ and Ayaneo's Pocket S2. This represents an expansion of support for Intel-based handhelds, following earlier inclusion of AMD-powered devices.
Additionally, SteamOS 3.8.25 offers improved compatibility with older MSI Claw devices and the OneXPlayer line of portable gaming PCs. The update also enhances the Linux driver for the new Steam Controller, enabling it to function with native controller applications even when Steam is not in use. These improvements come following Valve's June update, which focused on better compatibility with recent Intel and AMD platforms, including controllers for handhelds from GPD Win, Anbernic, and OrangePi, as well as devices from Lenovo, MSI, and OneXPlayer.
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- Valve slowly expands SteamOS support on non-Valve hardware arstechnica.com
