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[Rumor] Valve may be working on official Waydroid (Android app) support for Steam (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Here's the Twitter thread discussing this

Basically, some different apps were linked to the official steamVR app. These apps are hidden, but the data miner was able to grab some assets from them that included some custom art for Waydroid, which is a Linux program that lets you run Android apps on Linux.

Additionally, I've seen comments saying that some valve devs have been making pull requests for the Waydroid github, but I don't actually have a proper source for that.

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[+] [email protected] -9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Right. Okay.

But why?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have access to Into the Breach and Slay the Spire on Android but not in my Steam library. I'd enjoy first party support in playing them on my Deck.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ah. Ok, that makes sense!

Does the Android version already have gamepad support, or would it be touchscreen only?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Some games will refuse to work on Linux but their Android port might work. If Valve can make this process seamless, it could be a gamechanger. Example, Genshin Impact, Wuthering Waves etc

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

genshin already runs on linux, as the anti cheat pressure lessened in genshin in like 3.8.

also the android version of both wuthering waves and genshin do not have controller support, so they would be very bad examples to port to linux

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Before the steamdeck came out, I've been actually thinking about buying an android handheld console. The fact that the most android games were pay2win convinced me to wait for something better.

However, getting an android app support, that's reliably set up, by someone else than me, and basically for free would still be nice!