Steam OS for Smartphones

[Ramschasar]

Any chance we get a Version for Smartphones? I would love to try to revive my Vivaz Pro. That thing was the best smartphone but sadly nobody builds phones like that anymore. Would be nice for minimalistic games too.

[A&A]

There is no version for desktop computers yet, and you want one for phone. The best part is there is no Steam client for Arm CPUs yet.

Sadly, this telephone is an e-waste.

[Midnight Aurais]

it is not as a weird of a question as it might seem steam os is linux that said progression on phones for linux has been a bit stagnated

also steam does have arm support linux has arm support in a better state then windows but that is not a big suprise because android is based off the linux kernel

if you would see unix and linux as the same then you could argue linux is everywhere compared to windows as linux is not a operating system it is a kernel

[_I_]

why?

phones cant run pc games

you can get the steam app and use that for auth and buy and download games on a host
and steam link app to stream to the phone from a capable host pc

[[☥] - CJ -]

Considering how old that phone is Specs'wise and its WIFI limitations, not to mention the Max SD Card size and speed limitations, it couldnt be used for that either way you look at it.

[Midnight Aurais]

Originally posted by _I_:

why?

phones cant run pc games

you can get the steam app and use that for auth and buy and download games on a host
and steam link app to stream to the phone from a capable host pc

wrong there is a pc emulator like winlator that said its better you stick to older games on it

also people have put linux on android phones and played some games on it

that said this is diy territory

[Bad 💀 Motha]

SteamOS isn't ARM capable which is what you'd need it to be for Phones/Tablets.

For thos3 devices, simply use Steam Link and do Stream Play

[Agenda 2025]

There will never be a viable Linux cellphone because Cellphone's are government spying devices. You shall comply.

[The_Abortionator]

Originally posted by _I_:

why?

phones cant run pc games

you can get the steam app and use that for auth and buy and download games on a host
and steam link app to stream to the phone from a capable host pc

Dude, why are you always spouting out myths instead of googling first? People have already been playing PC games on phones for YEARS now.

[Quint]

Originally posted by The_Abortionator:

Originally posted by _I_:

why?

phones cant run pc games

you can get the steam app and use that for auth and buy and download games on a host
and steam link app to stream to the phone from a capable host pc

Dude, why are you always spouting out myths instead of googling first? People have already been playing PC games on phones for YEARS now.

I think the guy is talking about Android running x86 apps DIRECTLY and not via Windows emulation or compatibility layers. Which is yeah true. But they should have specified nonetheless.

[Quint]

I imagine progress for Linux on phones is behind because:

1 - "Android is Linux anyway so who cares" thought people have

2- The development work is mostly done by volunteers and sometimes contractors assigned by companies that make use of Linux (see Microsoft's contributions to the Linux Kernel) and they see competing for desktop marketshare a better target. Which it is.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Quint:

I imagine progress for Linux on phones is behind because:

1 - "Android is Linux anyway so who cares" thought people have

2- The development work is mostly done by volunteers and sometimes contractors assigned by companies that make use of Linux (see Microsoft's contributions to the Linux Kernel) and they see competing for desktop marketshare a better target. Which it is.

Again it's not the same thing. As that is ARM based. Basically ChromeOS for ARM instead of X86

[Damian]

In theory yes you can have SteamOS on a phone, issue with phones are the locked BootLoaders and i don't think Steam / Valve will bother creating a phone.