Steam Deck's Battery Life Is Between 2, 5 Hours; Mid-game Resuming Is Being Worked On

New information on the Steam Deck's bombardment life, load times, and future features, based on the console's devkit, has been shared online today, shedding more light on the presently-to-exist-released handheld panel by Valve.

Speaking with Humid Steam, an bearding developer with easily-on access to the Steam Deck dev kit revealed some interesting new details on the console. For starters, this anonymous developer feels like the console has been delayed not only due to the electric current semiconductor shortage but as well due to the SteamOS experience requiring boosted polish.

The first thing they mentioned was that they're"not convinced that even with all the improvements to SteamOS 3.0 between August and October that information technology would have been ready by Dec. Yes, at that place's a semiconductor shortage but I'm thinking it'southward not the existent reason for the delay."

In the Q&A session, it has been revealed that the Steam Deck'south battery life is between 2, 5 hours depending on the APU load, that load times are "duplicate" between loading off the SD Carte and the SSD, and that mid-game resuming is being worked on. This would be an extremely welcome feature, so hopefully, information technology won't be coming too far off in the future.

Have yous tried whatsoever enervating games?

Yes – battery life is betwixt 2-5 hours depending on APU load.

How fast are load times from the microSD card?

Duplicate from loading off the SSD; I've non timed anything.

Can yous resume a game at any indicate in time? Or do you have to go out and restart?

Mid-game resuming is existence worked on.

The bearding developer also commented on how the Steam Deck feels compared to the Nintendo Switch, saying that information technology does feel better for longer sessions thank you to the console's course and good button placement.

How much "meliorate" does it experience than a Switch when playing games? If you had to compare qualitatively.

It's more comfortable to play for longer sessions, button placement is good. Existence wider than the Switch helps with the Deck's weight distribution and feeling of residue.

The Steam Deck console volition start shipping next calendar month. More information on the panel tin can exist found on its official website.