Lenovo’s Legion Go 2 Now Comes with SteamOS

The Lenovo Legion Go 2 was giant, awkward, and full of strange design selections, like its awkward FPS mouse sensor. And but, I returned to it repeatedly within the tail finish of 2025 as my fixed gaming companion, not the least as a result of it was {powerful} and sported a wonderful OLED show. Now, Lenovo will supply its handheld with a greater working system at a barely cheaper worth.

The Legion Go 2 that arrived in 2025 included Home windows 11, although it nonetheless lacks help for the FSE (full display screen expertise) featured on the Asus ROG Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X. Lenovo’s new model of the Legion Go 2 incorporates the identical specs because the top-end model from final yr. That features an AMD Ryzen Z2 Excessive processor, 32GB of RAM, and choices as much as 2 TB of storage. The massive distinction this time round is SteamOS. It’s a Linux-based working system created by Valve that allows a straightforward console-like expertise.

In Gizmodo’s own tests, we ran the Legion Go 2 with Home windows and in contrast it to the identical {hardware} operating Bazzite. That’s one other Linux-based OS modeled after SteamOS. In benchmarks, we frequently see extra FPS on the SteamOS analog, between two, 5, and even 10 fps in some video games. SteamOS received’t present a straightforward strategy to entry all of your video games tied to your Xbox account, however there are a number of methods to put in video games from Epic Video games Retailer and different launchers like GOG.

Lenovo stated it plans to launch the revised Legion Go 2 in June with a $1,200 asking worth. That’s higher than the $1,350 for the Home windows 11 model. Lenovo didn’t say whether or not it can supply a less expensive SteamOS version with a less-powerful Ryzen Z2 chip. The Legion Go S from 2025 included variations with both a less-powerful Ryzen Z2A processor for $650 or a costlier mannequin with a Ryzen Z1 Excessive. Nonetheless, the model of that handheld with SteamOS outperformed the model with Windows in each circumstances.

Lenovo additionally plans to ship a number of cheaper gaming laptops in 2026. This consists of units just like the 15-inch Lenovo Legion 5i that packs an OLED show, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 GPU, and a brand new Intel Core Extremely 386H processor. That laptop computer begins at $1,550, although the $2,000 16-inch Legion 7a can be attractive because it packs a brand new AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 CPU and as much as 64GB of RAM. With RAM costs being what they’re, you may anticipate higher-end units to price extra after they hit the scene someday in April.

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