Although the recently released Steam Deck comes pre-installed with the Linux-based Steam OS system, Valve has always planned to make the game console support Windows systems. Now the company is taking Windows support one step further by removing a major hurdle to installing Windows 11.
Perhaps the most notable detail in Steam Deck’s latest OS beta patch notes is the addition of support for the Firmware Trusted Platform Module (fTPM), which allows users to install Windows 11 on their devices. This BIOS feature is a common solution to mandatory TPM 2.0 installations when Windows 11 first came out.
For a system to officially support Windows 11, it must have TPM 2.0, which initially shocked many users because it limited the operating system’s compatibility to relatively newer CPUs. This requirement can be met by dedicated hardware or software-based fTPM.
In early March, Valve released the first Windows drivers for Steam Deck, but the initial lack of support for fTPM meant the device could only run Windows 10 until now.
AMD hasn’t finished the audio driver yet, so any sound from Steam Deck running Windows has to come via USB-C or Bluetooth.
Additionally, Valve is still working on a dual-boot installer, so for now users will have to choose between Windows and Steam OS.
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