Valve is bringing SteamOS to the Asus Rog Ally and other Steam Deck competitors

Windows support is coming to Steam Deck.

SteamOS, the operating system for the Steam Deck, is making its way to gaming laptops, including the Asus Rog Ally. It was mentioned in the latest SteamOS beta, and Valve designer Lawrence Yang confirmed to The Verge that the client is coming to competitors.

The note regarding ROG Ally switches is regarding third-party hardware support for SteamOS. The team is continuing to work on adding support for additional mobile devices to SteamOS.

It's unclear when it will be ready, but Yang says it's not ready yet, but progress is being made.

The Steam Deck was launched in early 2022, and since then competitors like Rog Ally, Lenovo Legion Go, and MSI Claw have emerged. These are mostly powered by Windows, while SteamOS is based on Linux and thus developed by Valve. Both have their pros and cons, and what speaks for SteamOS is that it is very simple and flexible.

If you prefer Windows, Valve is working on official support for that on the Steam Deck as well, Yang says. But even here it's not clear when that might be ready.

As for Windows, we are preparing to provide the remaining Windows drivers for the Steam Deck OLED (you may have noticed that we are preparing the firmware for the Bluetooth driver). There is no update on the timing of dual boot support, it is still a priority, but we have not been able to get to it yet.

Read FZ's Steam Deck review.