From PC Mag: The first Xbox-branded handheld console is here, but it’s not made solely by Microsoft. Instead, it's a partnership between Asus and Microsoft for a new version of the latter's ROG Ally handheld consoles, combining it with some of the best elements of the Xbox ecosystem.
Announced at Microsoft’s Xbox Games Showcase, the company introduced two new handhelds, the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X. Both are similar to the Asus ROG Ally X from 2024, and each will be available to buy by year's end; an exact launch date was not revealed.
The ROG Xbox Ally X is the top-end handheld with a new AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme powering the device alongside 24GB of LPDDR5X-8000 RAM and 1TB of storage to fit all your games. There's a 7-inch Full HD display with a peak brightness of 500 nits and a 120Hz refresh rate.
An 80Wh battery should see the Xbox Ally X power long gaming sessions. The battery size matches the Asus ROG Ally X, which in PCMag's testing had a remarkably long life. In our review, we found the handheld was able to play over 2.5 hours of Cyberpunk 2077, which is better than a lot of the competition in the handheld space.
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