Steam Deck developer, Pierre-Loup Griffais, has told IGN that Valve is “hard at work” on the next Steam Deck. When asked about the next handheld PC, Griffais stated:

We’re hard at work on it, and obviously every step of the way, if you look at our hardware projects over the years, you can draw a straight line from the original Steam Controller and Steam Machine to Steam Deck, to everything that we’re announcing and shipping this year. And we expect Steam Deck 2 will be a lot of the same where a lot of what we’re doing here will be learnings that build up to it.

In 2023, Griffais confirmed that there would be a Steam Deck 2. However, he also said that the day for a next-generation Steam Deck may not come for a couple of years. At the time, the developer suggested that Valve would be interested in releasing a Steam Deck 2 when there’s a significant enough performance improvement to be had that doesn’t come at the cost of battery life.

Unfortunately, it looks like Griffais is still unwilling to offer a firm date for when the next-gen Steam Deck could arrive. However, it appears that the company is intent on releasing a new handheld PC. Hopefully, it won’t be too much longer before Valve finds that right balance of battery life and higher performance.