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Is Valve making a micro-OLED Steam Frame?

The Verge •
October 14, 2026 • 03:51 PM
• By Jay Peters
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Steam Frame Hub reports that the Steam Frame kernel source code includes branches referencing a “Plano” device and says the headset will have a resolution of 3552 × 3840 per eye (higher than the Frame) and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip (same as the Frame). Valve watcher Brad Lynch speculates that it could be Valve “just trying to prototype headsets with this optical stack based on what’s already lying around.” For what it’s worth, Valve released the Steam Deck OLED more than a year and half after the original Deck. [Link: EXCLUSIVE: Here We Go Again… Valve is Making an OLED Steam Frame | https://steamframehub.com/exclusive-here-we-go-again-valve-is-making-an-oled-steam-frame/ | Steam Frame Hub]

Is Valve making a micro-OLED Steam Frame?

Steam Frame Hub reports that the Steam Frame kernel source code includes branches referencing a “Plano” device and says the headset will have a resolution of 3552 × 3840 per eye (higher than the Frame) and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip (same as the Frame). Valve watcher Brad Lynch speculates that it could be Valve “just trying to prototype headsets with this optical stack based on what’s already lying around.”

For what it’s worth, Valve released the Steam Deck OLED more than a year and half after the original Deck .

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