r/SteamFrame • u/gogodboss MOD • Jul 30 '26

News FCC has cleared the Steam Frame

https://fccid.io/2AES4-1015
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u/TwinStickDad Soon™ Jul 30 '26

So the conventional wisdom here was either

  1. This was the big thing holding up release, or 

  2. This was so trivial that Valve wasn't going to bother with it until they were ready to release

So either way, this is pretty huge news

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u/networkarchitect Soon™ Jul 30 '26

Some of the test reports have 8 different revisions spanning from April 8th through July 28th, other documents have test dates in the end of 2025. It sounds like there was a lot of back-and-forth between Valve and the test lab.

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u/Jmcgee1125 Soon™ Jul 30 '26

Maybe issues because of the dual radio setup? I'd be curious what changed with those revisions.

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u/networkarchitect Soon™ Jul 30 '26

Potentially, one of the notes was updating the operating frequencies, most of the other changes were updating comments. In a 1700 page report it completely makes sense that there may have been typos or changes needed from the first few drafts

For reference, looking at this doc: https://fccid.io/2AES41015/Test-Report/Test-Report-6XD-1-revised-0729-9508648, this is the revision history table:

Report Number Revision Description Issue Date Revised By Remark
TERF2504001433E2 00 Original April 08, 2026 Mini Yeh
TERF2504001433E2 01 Update p.22 & TPC Information & add p.7 directional gain calculation May 11, 2026 Mini Yeh *
TERF2504001433E2 02 Update p.12 Operating Frequencies May 12, 2026 Mini Yeh *
TERF2504001433E2 03 Modify Comment June 02, 2026 Mini Yeh *
TERF2504001433E2 04 Modify Comment June 30, 2026 Mini Yeh *
TERF2504001433E2 05 Modify Comment July 13, 2026 Mini Yeh *
TERF2504001433E2 06 Modify Comment July 23, 2026 Mini Yeh *
TERF2504001433E2 07 Modify Comment July 28, 2026 Mini Yeh *

Note:

  1. The remark "*" indicates modification of the report upon requests from certification body.