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Install
See the wiki for flashing instructions.
Changelog
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Android apps in Game Mode through Valve's Lepton:
- Aurora Store integration in Armada Store > Android Apps (thanks for the support Aurora team)
- Dual screen support for all your favorite Android recomps
- Controller support, touch input, and file system integration
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Nested Desktop in Game Mode:
- Add the Steam shortcut from Armada Store > Applications
- Runs Plasma desktop or mobile depending on your Armada Control setting
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Selectable Turnip graphics drivers:
- New Drivers section under Advanced in Armada Control with Stable, Devel, and WinNative Turnip builds (thanks WinNative team)
- Drivers can be set globally or per game and custom drivers can be placed in ~/.local/share/armada/turnip
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Reworked controller calibration:
- Calibration flow has been reworked to more reliability reach 100% on triggers and sticks in all directions
- Fixed trigger calibration shifting every sample on RSInput, Retroid, and MANGMI controllers (thanks @Hydran00)
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Sleep and power improvements:
- AYN Odin 2 sleep battery drain improved (thanks RetroHandhelds.gg for donating the Odin 2)
- Fixed sleep wake hangs on AYN Odin 3
- Fixed a Wi-Fi scan timeout that could leave networking stuck
- Backported upstream storage and UART sleep fixes
- Steam now shows the charging time remaining in Game Mode (thanks @xXJSONDeruloXx)
- Added a configurable minimum fan speed while charging under Settings > Experimental in Armada Control
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Graphics and performance improvements:
- Added HDR support for AYN Odin 2 Portal, AYANEO Pocket EVO, AYANEO Pocket DS, Retroid Pocket 6, Retroid Pocket 5, and Retroid Pocket Flip 2
- Updated LAVD to match Valve's configuration used on the Steam Frame
- Replaced GPU wedge work around with root cause fix (thanks @gennro)
- HDR games now scan out directly without GPU composition on SM8550 and SM8750
- Fixed the frame limiter overshooting its target and stuttering when a game cannot hold the cap
- Sharp scaling now uses Snapdragon Game Super Resolution and MangoHud shows the active upscaler
- Improved game performance in CPU heavy games on SM8750 by no longer applying the Spectre v4 mitigation
- Fixed games starving the Steam interface of GPU time
- Fixed some x86 games crashing on SM8250 devices
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Device and controller improvements:
- Added AYANEO Pocket Micro 2 support (thanks @seilent)
- Fixed audio on MANGMI Pocket Max (thanks @Soneoylys)
- Restored AYANEO Pocket S2 speakers and KONKR Pocket FIT and FIT Elite speaker volume (thanks @mydanyi)
- Fixed the AYANEO Pocket S2 display
- Fixed KONKR Pocket FIT Elite display scaling (thanks @xcqq) and added missing Pocket FIT refresh rates
- Mapped the AYN button on AYN Thor Lite
- Fixed AYANEO haptics high CPU usage
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Armada Control improvements:
- Added RGB smart brightness and a saturation slider (thanks @NullOcean)
- Added RGB support for Retroid Pocket Mini variants
- Added a picker for common environment variables (thanks @dsancalm)
- Added a toggle for swipe gestures
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Armada Store improvements:
- Added ARM64EC OptiScaler
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System improvements:
- Added protontricks
- Added libxcrypt compatibility for AppImages
- Updated the boot splash logo and reduced its brightness
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Updated Mesa to 26.2.4, FEX to 2610, Gamescope to 3.16.31-ogc1, InputPlumber to 0.81.0, and Proton CachyOS to 11.0-20261005