Leaked Xbox Handheld Looks a Little Wonky—but in the Best Way

The Xbox handheld is reportedly real, and it already looks truly unusual compared to PC handhelds we’re utilized to. Leaked images recovered connected authorities certification sites connection a glimpse into what is apt Asus’ upcoming ROG Ally 2. It’s a successor to the ROG Ally released successful 2023 and expected to person a much almighty processor and a dedicated Xbox button. While the Asus-Microsoft handheld is turning distant from the Steam Deck’s brick-like design, the thought of contoured grips whitethorn beryllium the happening that takes this instrumentality implicit the top.

91Mobiles recovered entries astatine Indonesia’s certification bureau referencing 2 caller models for the Asus ROG Ally 2, and VideoCardz dug up Wi-Fi module listings from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that you tin present spot for yourself. Judging by the timing for these filings, we could spot the caller ROG Ally 2 PC handheld and the Xbox mentation arsenic soon arsenic this month, possibly during the Computex computing league successful Taipei, Taiwan acceptable for May 19.

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Included successful the leaked specifications and images are 2 models of the expected sequel to the ROG Ally (though we expect the existent woody won’t beryllium perfectly filthy with fingerprint smudges). Both the achromatic and achromatic versions location a abstracted fastener to the near of what’s usually the power to entree Asus’ Armoury Crate software. The achromatic mentation includes an outline for what appears to beryllium the Xbox logo, which indicates this could beryllium the device’s rumored Xbox button. The power whitethorn let speedy entree to the Xbox app oregon immoderate different relation for the exemplary moving Windows. We won’t cognize until we yet spot it successful person.

Specs-wise, the ROG Ally 2 could beryllium connected the higher extremity of modern handhelds with a 7-inch, 120Hz LCD show and an AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip that was announced alongside the Lenovo Legion Go 2 backmost during CES 2025. The achromatic Xbox mentation whitethorn beryllium adjacent much powerful. That APU (accelerated processing unit) is an 8-core processor with a max 36W TDP (thermal plan power), allowing it to gully much powerfulness from the artillery for amended in-game performance. The little almighty Ally 2’s processor sits astatine a specified 4 cores with a 20W TDP. It’s precise adjacent to the processor that’s successful the Steam Deck. It whitethorn beryllium person successful show to the AMD Ryzen Z2 Go based connected the chipmaker’s Zen 3 architecture recovered successful the Legion Go S. The top-end Ally 2 whitethorn person up to 64GB of RAM. The versions spotted connected the Indonesia listings reportedly came with up to 2TB of storage.

The astir striking facet of the caller plan is the 2 molded grips connected either extremity of the device. While it looks unusual compared to the accepted brick-like Steam Deck oregon older ROG Ally design, it really reminds maine much of the Xbox controller—in a bully way. We each gave a small chuckle backmost erstwhile Sony released its PlayStation Portal since it was fundamentally a PlayStation DualSense controller divided successful fractional with a show successful the middle. But, hell, I bask the consciousness of some the DualSense and Xbox controllers that contour astir the palm. The lone hangup I tin spot is whether your palms whitethorn excavation into the crisp corners wherever the grips conscionable the device’s main body.

There’s a crushed these designs for controllers instrumentality around. The astir comfy handheld I’ve utilized is the 8-inch Legion Go S with its larger grips, but that instrumentality suffered from little show considering its $730 terms tag. Both ROG Ally 2 models should person 2 USB-C ports connected the apical of the instrumentality (none connected the bottom, apparently). The caller handhelds should besides person 2 backmost buttons, conscionable similar the archetypal ROG Ally.

The $800 Asus ROG Ally X stood retired from the battalion due to the fact that of its larger magnitude of RAM combined with an 80Wh artillery that helped it past longer than different PC handhelds. We person yet to bash our ain tests of the Z2 Extreme APU beyond handling trying retired the Legion Go 2 earlier this year. It seemed almighty enough, but clip volition archer however much. As it stands, the Intel Lunar Lake-powered MSI Claw 8 AI+ beats the Ally’s Z1 Extreme spot successful earthy performance, but it now costs $1,000 and you’d beryllium fortunate to get 1 successful the states. Judging by rising prices everywhere, we don’t expect the ROG Ally 2 volition beryllium a inexpensive instrumentality by immoderate standard.