SteamOS Comes to Android Handhelds

This week on NPC: Next Portable Console, Brendon and John go it alone with more bizarre news from AYANEO, a new tease and OS update from Anbernic, Valve's E-Ink Steam Machine faceplate, Armada brings SteamOS to Android handhelds, and more. Also available on YouTube here. Links and Show Notes The Latest Portable Gaming News AYANEO teases a GBA AYANEO CEO livestream teases second-half 2025 lineup but offers little new information Valve open-sources Steam Machine "Inkterface" e-ink faceplate for DIY builds Anbernic pushes major "RG Ecosystem" software update to entire T820 handheld lineup Anbernic RG 55G1 gameplay video hints at Snapdragon G1 Gen 2 with Turnip drivers and possible OLED EmuDeck for Android adds Rift Frontend launcher and gains Armada/SteamOS compatibility Armada TrimUI Brick Hammer Pro U Might Be Dead Before It Even Ships Subscribe to NPC XL NPC XL is a weekly members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon for $5/month. Each week on NPC XL, Federico, Brendon, and John record a special segment or deep dive about a particular topic that is released alongside the "regular" NPC episodes. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/c/NextPortableConsole Leave Feedback for John, Federico, and Brendon NPC Feedback Form Credits Show Art: Brendon Bigley Music: Will LaPorte Follow Us Online On the Web MacStories.net Wavelengths.online Follow us on Mastodon NPC Federico John Brendon Follow us on Bluesky NPC MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Brendon Bigley Affiliate Linking Policy