Valve says it hopes this soon-to-be-more-widely-available beta version will "improve the experience on other handhelds," with the company continuing work to extend SteamOS support

At CES today, though, I got the chance to try the Legion Go S, Lenovo's competitive new handheld PC that comes in both SteamOS and Windows varieties. With an 8", 120Hz display, an AMD Ryzen Z2 Go CPU,

Lenovo's Legion Go S is the first third-party handheld PC to come with SteamOS out of the box, heralding a new era in PC gaming-the one where Windows might become increasingly optional. The Legion Go S boasts AMD's exclusive Z2 Go processor and Zen 3 architecture,

The Windows version of the Legion Go S is up for preorder ahead of its imminent release, while the SteamOS version is expected to arrive in May.

Now, Lenovo is launching a new PC gaming handheld at CES 2025, and it finally does away with the worst part of the PC gaming handheld experience. The Lenovo Legion Go S will be the only other handheld besides the Steam Deck to have a SteamOS license, giving you a Steam Deck-like experience on much more modern hardware.

Lenovo used CES as a launchpad to refresh a multitude of gaming products, including new handhelds, laptops, desktops, displays, and accessories.

It's official: Valve's SteamOS will be available on more platforms soon, and the first handheld PC gaming device to adopt the operating system will be the new Lenovo Legion Go S. At CES 2025, it was revealed that the slim Lenovo unit will run on the Linux-based OS--, the same one used on Valve's Steam Deck.

SteamOS is slowly becoming an alternative to Windows for handheld gaming devices. After launching the Steam Deck with SteamOS, its own operating system,

The Steam Deck is no longer the only SteamOS-based gaming handheld on the market. A more expensive Windows version of the Legion Go S will be available first.

Lenovo has finally announced a new line of Legion Go handheld PCs, with one that will come installed with SteamOS out of the box. The new model is called the Legion Go S, and it's the world's first handheld PC from a third-party manufacturer using Valve's operating system.