Valve, the gaming and hardware company behind Steam Deck and the Steam platform, is excited to announce Steam Deck OLED arrives November 16th.
Steam Deck OLED is the same powerful handheld PC gaming console experience as the original Steam Deck LCD, but with an HDR OLED screen, a longer lasting battery, faster WiFi, and a slew of tweaks and improvements across the board.
Valve is introducing Steam Deck OLED in two storage options: 512GB and 1TB, and lowering the price of the Steam Deck LCD models. This new lineup means more options for players of all kinds to enjoy their Steam library on the go:
- Steam Deck 256GB LCD: Now $399 (effective immediately)
- Steam Deck 512GB OLED: $549
- Steam Deck 1TB OLED: $649
- Steam Deck 1TB OLED Limited Edition (translucent colorway): $679 (US/Canada only)
While supplies last (prices effective immediately):
- Steam Deck 64GB LCD: Now $349
- Steam Deck 512GB LCD: Now $449
Valve is also now offering the Docking Station at $79.
Additional Steam Deck OLED details:
- HDR OLED display designed from the ground up for gaming
- 30-50% longer battery life
- Faster downloads with Wifi 6E
- Improved thermals, and 5% lighter than the Steam Deck LCD models
Steam Deck OLED is available starting November 16th at 10AM Pacific in the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, and European Union, as well as Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong via KOMODO. More information available on the redesigned website, and over on Steam.
Full list of changes from the OLED page:
General:
- Updated APU to 6 nm for better efficiency
- Updated memory to 6400 MT/s, improving latency and power management
- Increased thermal module thickness and performance
Updated display:
- Increased active area to 7.4" (from 7.0")
- Updated refresh rate to 90Hz (from 60Hz)
- Updated peak brightness to 1000 nits
- Updated touchscreen polling rate to 180Hz, improved latency and accuracy
- Updated WiFi / Bluetooth module
- Added support for WiFi 6E
- Added support for Bluetooth 5.3, supporting newer codecs such as aptX HD and aptX low-latency
- Added third antenna near the top of the device for better Bluetooth performance, including when docked
- Added support for wake from Bluetooth controllers
Audio:
- Improved bass response for an overall flatter sound profile
- Added support for using onboard microphone array simultaneously with the 3.5mm headphones connector
Controls:
- Adjusted analog stick top material and shape for increased grip and dust build-up resistance
- Adjusted analog stick post material to improve interaction feel with front cover and reduce wear
- Improved reliability of analog stick touch detection
- Improved responsiveness and tactility of shoulder buttons switch mechanism
- Adjusted D-pad snap ratio and diagonal interactions
- Redesigned trackpad for improved fidelity and edge detection
- Greatly improved trackpad haptics feel and precision
Power:
- Improved battery capacity from 40Wh to 50Wh
- Improved battery chemistry for faster charging, from 20% to 80% in as little as 45 minutes
- Changed charging LED to WRGB
- Added support for waking up from initial unboxing by long-pressing power button instead of requiring AC power
- Adjusted power supply cable length from 1.5m to 2.5m
- Added logo to power supply
Frame:
- Reduced total system weight to ~640g, or ~5% less than Steam Deck
- Rear cover screws now thread into metal
- Adjusted rear cover screw heads to Torx™, as well as other materials and geometry tweaks on the heads to reduce stripping risk
- Lowered number of screw types throughout system
- Reduced step count required for common repairs
- Improved bumper switch mechanism drop reliability
- Moved bumper switch to joystick board for easier repair
- Improved display repair/replacement to not require taking rear cover off
Software:
- Greatly improved memory power management firmware
- Added preliminary support for open-source BIOS and EC firmware
- Improved resume time by roughly 30%
Teardown
Gamers Nexus has done a teardown of the new Steam Deck OLED and compared it to the previous model.