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Independent reporting and practical analysis for Steam hardware and SteamOS.
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Steam Controller Specs: Trackpads, Puck, Battery, and Steam InputSteam Controller combines TMR sticks, dual trackpads, gyro, rear buttons, Grip Sense, haptics, Puck wireless, and Steam Input. The same input design carries across Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame.
Steam Controller StatusSteam Controller is available through reservations. The community tracker follows reservations and shipping. Early reviews praise couch play through Steam, Puck wireless, battery life, and repairability. Availability and support outside Steam remain limits.
Steam Deck Explained: Valve's Portable SteamOS PC for Your Steam LibrarySteam Deck is Valve's portable SteamOS gaming PC. Its value comes from Proton, Deck Verified, Steam Input, suspend/resume, performance controls, docking, repair support, and a Steam library that follows you across Valve hardware.
Steam Deck Specs Explained: OLED, LCD, Battery, Performance, and Docked PlaySteam Deck is best understood as an 800p SteamOS handheld. OLED improves the screen, battery, wireless, efficiency, and weight, but both models share the same broad CPU and GPU class, so settings and power limits still shape performance.
Steam Deck StatusSteam Deck OLED availability varies by model and region. Check the current price and stock, then compare its performance limits with the games you want to play.
Steam Frame Specs Explained: Display, Streaming, Standalone Power, and VR LimitsSteam Frame can stream games wirelessly from a PC through its dedicated adapter or run some games on the headset itself. Both use its 2160x2160-per-eye display and pancake lenses. The headset runs SteamOS on an Arm chip, with Proton, FEX, and Lepton helping compatible games run locally.