Valve’s Steam Deck is a portable gaming computer that comes with a Linux-based operating system called Steam OS. But while most PC games are designed to run on Windows, many of them are also playable on the Steam Deck, either because the developers ported them to the platform or because the Proton compatibility software from Valve allows them to work without modifications.
Six months after the launch of the Steam Deck, over 4,500 games have been verified as playable on the Steam Deck.
Sure, there are a lot of games that aren’t (yet) supported, but that’s a huge amount of games. It rivals the number of games available for the Nintendo Switch, a console that’s been around for over five years. And if you want to play After games, you can always try installing Windows on the Steam Deck.
Here’s a roundup of recent tech news on the web.
4,500 games have been marked Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck using the default Steam OS software, though the actual number of playable games is likely much higher. https://t.co/WZ6HOL6ILo
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) August 9, 2022
How to install, manage and play games on a Steam Deck from Epic Games Store, GOG, Origin, Ubisoft Connect and other sources. https://t.co/g6HoQiuGST
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) August 9, 2022
Samsung’s new $280 Galaxy Watch5 and $450 Galaxy Watch5 Pro feature Exynos W920 chips, 1.5GB RAM, 16GB storage, IP68 water resistance, Wear OS software, WiFi, BT , NFC and optional 4G LTE as well as larger batteries than the Watch 4, but no rotating bezel. https://t.co/wPHh7EAUiL pic.twitter.com/CbdpiElpD4
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) August 10, 2022
Google will bring offline Google Maps navigation support to Wear OS later this year, as well as updating the Play Storem, adding support for Soundcloud and Deezer apps and changing the user interface. https://t.co/7RWPaPraoZ
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) August 10, 2022
Oppo Watch 3 and Watch 3 Pro launched in China, featuring Snapdragon Wear 5100 chip, 4-5 day battery life, 1GB RAM, 32GB storage and 5ATM water resistance. No word on if or when they will be available globally. https://t.co/zOx2finpE0
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) August 10, 2022
Microsoft’s ARM64EC allows developers to mix ARM and x64 code in the same process, making it easier to port existing x64 applications to run on Windows 11 PCs with ARM processors. https://t.co/eP4kEbjsLa
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) August 10, 2022
Microsoft offers over 1,500 open-source 3D emoji, posting them on GitHub and Figma. https://t.co/yUDthNiwh9
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) August 10, 2022
Chrome OS 106 will bring support for diacritical input (typing characters with accents above a letter). https://t.co/Xr9agVRWOr
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) August 10, 2022
Amazon appears to be working on a 3rd generation Fire TV Cube media streamer with hands-free Alexa support. It would be the first update since 2019, although this older model is still Amazon’s best-performing streaming device. https://t.co/qImpOVJi37
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) August 8, 2022
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