You can now turn your Android handheld into a Steam Deck, and here’s the proof
It's still early days, but this is impressive nonetheless.
Steam has launched Steam OS for Arm devices, following the release of its Arm-powered Steam Frame headset. Developers have since adapted this version of Steam OS for Android handhelds, allowing for a Steam Deck-like experience. Android users can now run Steam games on their handheld devices through various methods, such as Android apps like GameNative and Winlator.
Earlier this year, the Rocknix Linux distribution was also installed on an Android handheld, including an official Arm version of Steam. However, installing the Steam Deck's OS directly on an Android device was previously not possible. But now, thanks to Valve's new release, Android users can turn their handhelds into a Steam Deck.
This is made possible as Valve's Steam Frame VR headset runs on an Arm-based Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, essentially a VR headset powered by a phone's internals.
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