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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•6 months agoA Steam phone with Steam Mobile OS. If there’s anyone that can pull a Linux phone is them.
minus-squareSnot FlickermanlinkfedilinkEnglish12•6 months agoI wish, but it feels like Valve is still mostly trying to support x86/x64 type devices and ARM/RISC-V doesn’t seem on the roadmap as much.
minus-squaremissingnolinkfedilink9•6 months agoMaybe in 10 years after SteamOS has conquered this space, that could be the next target to expand into…
minus-squareBjörn TantaulinkfedilinkEnglish6•6 months agoI remember them investing into x86 emulation. I think the rumors suggested that it’s for Deckard, their next VR headset. If that is true it should be a short jump from there to phones.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•edit-26 months agoThey have in fact been working on a ARM compatibility layer and Android app support through Waydroid. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/valve-appear-to-be-testing-arm64-and-android-support-for-steam-on-linux/
minus-squarekratoz29linkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoAren’t newer android versions welcoming more Linux’s features? I see they could fit something like this there.
A Steam phone with Steam Mobile OS. If there’s anyone that can pull a Linux phone is them.
I wish, but it feels like Valve is still mostly trying to support x86/x64 type devices and ARM/RISC-V doesn’t seem on the roadmap as much.
Maybe in 10 years after SteamOS has conquered this space, that could be the next target to expand into…
I remember them investing into x86 emulation. I think the rumors suggested that it’s for Deckard, their next VR headset. If that is true it should be a short jump from there to phones.
They have in fact been working on a ARM compatibility layer and Android app support through Waydroid.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/valve-appear-to-be-testing-arm64-and-android-support-for-steam-on-linux/
Aren’t newer android versions welcoming more Linux’s features?
I see they could fit something like this there.