Lenovo is going for broke on its Legion Go lineup. The company’s first handheld was perfunctory, though innovative, and the all-new Legion Go S will be much more familiar to anybody who has used a Steam Deck of a similar handheld.

It’s still an 8-inch handheld so that large-screen lovers can rejoice. The Legion Go S will come in multiple flavors, one with a standard AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU that’s so prominent with the Asus ROG Ally and Legion Go, or an all-new, exclusive AMD Ryzen Z2 Go. We don’t know how it performs compared to the competition, though Asus is beefing up the Legion Go’s memory with 32 GB of 7500Mhz LPDDR5X RAM. If you were hoping it might sport the 80Whr battery of the Asus ROG Ally X, know the Go S is sticking with the 55 Whr battery.

Specs are specs, and what’s here seems solid. However, what’s most exciting about the Legion Go S is that it’s one of the first non-Steam Deck handhelds you can buy that comes with the Linux-based SteamOS. If you can’t stand Windows on a small screen—and if all your PC games are on Valve’s platform—this may be the easiest, most console-like experience you can have outside of Valve’s own hardware. Variations with the AMD Z2 Go, 16 GB of RAM, and 1 TB storage, including the SteamOS version, will cost $500 and up to $730 at the configuration with the higher-end APU. The Windows version should be out in January, though the SteamOS handheld is slated for May this year.

The Steam Deck already has an AMD CPU, so porting SteamOS to the Legion Go didn’t take too much effort. The same button that normally goes to Lenovo’s Legion Center software will instead act as the Steam Deck’s “Steam” button. Valve representatives told Gizmodo that SteamOS will support the “Verified” tag on SteamOS platforms outside the Steam Deck. These verified tags will have a different set of parameters depending, and Valve will have to monitor for its own and Lenovo’s handhelds going forward.

It would already be a significant release if that was all there was. Lenovo has more in store. The OEM showed off the first renders of a Legion Go 2. The full sequel to the 2023 handheld includes the 8.8-inch display, but it’s full OLED this time. As all the rumors suggested, the next Go will sport the Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor supporting AMD RDNA 3.5 and up to 32 GB of RAM.

It’s also a big handheld with battery and storage options. It comes with a 2 TB SSD and a 74 Whr battery. With the OLED display, it seems like the Legion Go 2 is edging to become the most premium—and likely expensive—handheld around. The $900 MSI Claw 8 AI+ currently sports some of the best performance with an 8-inch screen and an Intel chip. We’re excited to compare the latest Claw and the new twin Legion Gos for 8-inch supremacy.

What’s most exciting is the redesigned ergonomics. The first Legion Go was blocky and uncomfortable, something Lenovo acknowledged with the designs of both the Go S and Go 2. The so-called Truestrike controllers now have rounded corners but still detach in a Nintendo Switch-like fashion to function as individual sticks. The new version will still let you use one controller, like a mouse for first-person shooters, but it may feel far more comfortable this time. There’s no pricing or release date for the Go 2 yet, though Lenovo said it will have more to share later in 2025.

If you have no care for handhelds, then at least Lenovo’s Legion brand hasn’t skimped on laptops. There’s a completely redesigned version of the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i, one of our favorite laptops of 2024. A new shelf on the back includes the company’s “Legion Coldfront Vapor,” which should hopefully keep things cool at up to 250W TDP. Otherwise, it doesn’t stray too far from the 2024 model with per-key RGB. It includes up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX as part of Intel’s new lineup, plus the all-new Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070.

Update 01/07/25 at 10:06 a.m. PT: This post was updated to correct the opening price of the Legion Go S.

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