winget install --id BenjaminLSR.HandheldCompanionAbout Handheld Companion
A touch optimized GUI to increase your handheld gaming computer experience.
What's new in 0.31.3.1
Handheld Companion – Release Notes 0.31.3.1 - First Impressions: New Welcome Flow and UI Polish Version 0.31.3.1 might look modest on paper, but it's one of the more foundational builds we've shipped in a while. The headline is a brand new Welcome Window that walks new users through device detection, OEM software considerations, and initial setup defaults, something inspired by Winhanced software, that's been missing for a long time and should make that critical first impression much smoother. Alongside it, this build delivers a major UI/UX overhaul focused on visual consistency, higher-resolution device visuals, easier library navigation and faster artwork rendering. And while we're always sad to see anyone go, we've implemented a proper OEM software and controller driver stack restoration process for anyone who decides to uninstall HC. Highlights - New Welcome Window First-time users are now guided through a short setup flow: detecting their device and hardware capabilities, reviewing OEM software that might conflict with HC, and confirming sensible defaults for startup behavior, sleep handling, notifications, and telemetry. Everything shown can still be changed later from Settings, but this gives new users a much clearer starting point than being dropped straight into the app. - Major UI/UX overhaul This build brings sweeping visual consistency improvements — uniform font sizes, spacing, and colors across the app — along with all device visuals reworked into high definition, a reworked hotkey display, background emulated controller artwork on the controller and layout pa...
Version history
| Version | Updated | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.31.3.1 | Unknown | Handheld Companion – Release Notes 0.31.3.1 - First Impressions: New Welcome Flow and UI Polish Version 0.31.3.1 might look modest on paper, but it's one of the more foundational builds we've shipped in a while. The head... |
| 0.29.3.1 | Unknown | Handheld Companion – Release Notes 0.29.3.1 What Changed Fixes - Fixed an issue with Trigger shift logic (Thanks to Koladonia) |
| 0.29.3.0 | Unknown | Handheld Companion – Release Notes 0.29.3.0 Highlights - This release cycle focuses on restoring Intel power management, improving stability around sleep/resume and virtual controller handling, reducing memory footprint,... |
| 0.28.6.14 | Unknown | Hotfixes - Fixed an issue with the input shifting logic on layout manager. Full Changelog: 0.28.6.13...0.28.6.14 |
| 0.28.6.12 | Unknown | Hotfixes - Fixed an issue causing a crash on Settings manager on corrupted values. Full Changelog: 0.28.6.11...0.28.6.12 |
| 0.28.6.11 | Unknown | Hotfixes - Fixed an issue causing virtual controller combobox value to be randomly incorrect on startup. - Fixed an issue with Steam Deck HID inputBufferLen. Full Changelog: 0.28.6.10...0.28.6.11 |
| 0.28.6.10 | Unknown | Highlights - Performance improvements: This update includes a broad round of optimizations aimed at reducing CPU usage and memory footprint in several subsystems, including process and window management, LibreHardware, S... |
| 0.28.6.4 | Unknown | Handheld Companion – Release Notes 0.28.6.4 Highlights - Performance and startup improvements: Several targeted optimizations reduce startup time and runtime overhead. JIT compilation for loops is now faster on startup,... |
| 0.28.4.6 | Unknown | Handheld Companion – Release Notes 0.28.4.6 Hotfixes - Fixed an issue preventing CPU data from being read due to outdated LibreHardwareMonitor library and recent PawnIO update. - Fixed an issue with PawnIO implementation... |
| 0.28.4.5 | Unknown | Handheld Companion – Release Notes 0.28.4.5 Highlights - WinRing0/RyzenAdj to PawnIO (AMD power path): All AMD power manipulation (TDP, CPU clock frequency, GPU frequency, Curve Optimizer) has been moved off WinRing0/Ryz... |
| 0.28.3.3 | Unknown | Handheld Companion – Release Notes 0.28.3.3 Highlights - UI/UX overhaul (Profiles + Layout): Redesigned pages for simpler navigation and reduced loading times, plus improved controller-first navigation across the app. -... |
| 0.28.3.1 | Unknown | Handheld Companion – Release Notes 0.28.3.1 Highlights - Voltage control (AMD & Intel): Implemented proper voltage control for both AMD and Intel devices. - AMD: Works on all 4000-series SKUs and below. From the 5000-ser... |
| 0.28.2.3 | Unknown | Handheld Companion – Release Notes 0.28.2.3 Stability & Fixes - Fixed an issue with ADLX_Probe, preventing AMD Graphics Settings from being available. - Removed maximum configurable TDP limit on Device page. |
| 0.28.2.2 | Unknown | Handheld Companion – Release Notes 0.28.2.2 Highlights - .NET 10 & Windows 11 focus: Handheld Companion now runs on .NET 10 and, starting from this branch, targets the Windows 11 SDK only (Windows 10 is no longer support... |
| 0.28.1.6 | Unknown | Handheld Companion – Release Notes 0.28.1.6 - Hotfix Fixes - Fixed crashes on a few devices (ONEX) due to incorrect OnScreenKeyboard device hotkeys |
| 0.28.1.5 | Unknown | Handheld Companion – Release Notes 0.28.1.5 - Hotfix Fixes - Fixed crashes on a few devices (GPD, AOKZOE and ONEX) due to missing UseOpenLib declarations |
| 0.28.1.4 | Unknown | Handheld Companion – Release Notes 0.28.1.4 - Wake & Play With this release, a lot of efforts went into reducing our CPU footprint and ensuring faster resume when system wakes up. We’ve also begun replacing WinRing0 with... |
| 0.27.0.7 | Unknown | Handheld Companion – Release Notes 0.27.0.7 - Hotfix Bugfixes - Fixed: Compiling issues - Fixed: Controller management issues - Fixed: WMI TDP Method on AMD based devices - Fixed: InputsManager incorrect IsMapped check F... |
| 0.27.0.6 | Unknown | Handheld Companion – Release Notes 0.27.0.6 - Game Library, New Devices & Smoother Experience 0.27.0.6 is a big milestone for Handheld Companion. This version introduces a brand-new game library system, better support fo... |
| 0.25.0.0 | Unknown | Handheld Companion – Release Notes 0.25.0.0 - Sleep, Hibernate and Resume 0.25.0.0 release once again focuses on improving the overall user experience, bringing some love to the freshly released MSI Claw 7, 8 and younger... |