The pre-Christmas 2025 rumor mill pointed to a possible unveiling of a Lenovo Legion Go 2 SteamOS variant—likely to take place at this week's CES trade show. Shortly before kick-off time, PC hardware news outlets have picked up on intriguing leaks. A marketing slide—seemingly sourced from a premature JD.com listing—indicates that a slightly revised flagship portable gaming device will "support SteamOS." Furthermore, a translated section states that the AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme APU-powered handheld gaming PC features a "one button switch to Windows Xbox FSE." Originally, the Lenovo Legion Go 2 launched last October, with Windows 11 installed as standard—not the preferred operating system for a segment of discerning hardcore gamers. Instead, many would opt for some sort of Linux-based OS.

The Hong Kong-based manufacturer has released a "powered by SteamOS" handheld in the recent past, albeit utilizing lesser hardware—their Legion Go S model. The latest pre-event reports seem to outline the Legion Go 2 being shipped with Windows 11 pre-installed, but users could have the option to "officially" switch over to SteamOS—potentially via a recovery mode. Within the past day, a Gizmodo news piece alleged that the "powered by SteamOS Legion Go 2" was ready for unveiling in Las Vegas, but this article is not accessible at the time of writing.

Update Jan 7th: Lenovo has since confirmed (via Notebookcheck) that a Legion Go 2 SteamOS version—with otherwise identical hardware specifications—will be available starting in June 2026 at an MSRP of $1,199.99.

In our reviews of previous Lenovo Legion laptops, we've noted that they deliver a lot of bang for the buck, with devices like the Legion 5i being a great example. Now, it looks like Lenovo is planning to launch an update to its Legion gaming laptop series at CES in January 2026. Recent leaks from Windows Latest indicate that Lenovo is planning on launching AMD-powered Legion 5a and Legion 7a laptops, all of which will feature updated AMD Ryzen AI 400-series APUs and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPUs. Prior leaks about the AMD Ryzen 400 APUs revealed that the next-gen APUs will pack both Zen 5 and RDNA 3.5 tech, with the Ryzen 9 APUs featuring up to 12 cores, while the leaked Ryzen 7 variants both packed 8 cores.

The leak confirms Legion 7a laptops equipped with the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 and Ryzen AI 9 465 APUs, while the 5a laptops will come with either the Ryzen AI 9 465 or Ryzen 7 250. The Legion 7a and the Ryzen 400-series Legion 5a will lead the line-up with 16-inch, 2,560 × 1,600, 16:10 OLED displays topping out at 240 Hz (165 Hz for the Legion 5a) and 500 nits brightness. It seems as though only the Lenovo Legion 7a will feature NVIDIA G-SYNC, while the entire line-up will deliver 100% DCI-P3 coverage. All except for the Ryzen 7-powered Legion 5a will feature X-Rite calibration from the factory. The top-end Legion 7a will come with up to 64 GB of LPDDR5x RAM at 8533 MT/s, while the lower-end Legion laptops will have slower DDR5-5600 RAM and top out at 32 GB. All three laptops will seemingly also feature keyboards with 24-zone RGB and swappable keycaps, which is interesting for those interested in longevity and repairability.