The upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel will add support for the 2026 refresh of SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5X and Nova 7 gaming headsets. A patch by open-source developer Sriman Achanta adds 14 new USB product IDs to the HID-SteelSeries driver, enabling wireless status reporting, battery level monitoring, and connection updates via an async interface on HID interface 5. The patch distinguishes between pre-Gen2 and newer models due to differences in battery capacity reporting formats. It is currently queued in the HID subsystem's for-next branch ahead of the Linux 7.3 merge window.
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