Valve’s bespoke Steam Deck OS will be officially available on Asus’ ROG Ally

Enlarge / Getting this photo took a lot of effort with unofficial ISOs that won’t be necessary in the future. (credit: Kevin Purdy)

In our review of the Asus ROG Ally last year, many of our complaints centered on having to fiddle with an “awkwardly scaled” version of Windows. That’s especially true when you compare the ROG Ally experience to Valve’s Steam Deck and its finely handheld-tuned SteamOS 3.

Those ROG Ally complaints may be moot in the future, though, as Valve has confirmed that it is working to officially support SteamOS 3 installations on Asus’ handheld.

The first hint of the move came when support for “extra ROG Ally keys” popped up out of nowhere in the latest SteamOS release notes last week. Now, speaking to The Verge, Valve’s Lawrence Yang confirms that the note is indeed “related to third-party device support for SteamOS. The team is continuing to work on adding support for additional handhelds on SteamOS.”