Nintendo Switch 2 is joining the handheld party with the hot, Xbox Rogue Xbox Eli and Rog Xbox Elx on the heels. You can also know it as the Asos Rogue Eli -2 or Project Canon, and Microsoft took the opportunity to show it before the autumn 2025 launch (priced unknown) at the Xbox Games’ showcase.
These two new handhelds have new chips, fully re -produced Phil Screen Xbox UI (Hope this does not mean Windows 11 desktops on the handheld screen), and great promotion performance that makes you the best gaming handheld to buy today.
Let’s enter what you are getting here, the game you will be playing on them, and Microsoft is on the right path to take stamus.
This is a trailer, but the Xbox has just posted a 10 -minute deep diver that answers many questions too!
Rogue Xbox Allied: Springs
You are getting a new Xbox ally in two flavors.
Category | Xbox ally | Xbox ally x |
Operating system | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
Processor | AMD Ryzen â„¢ Z2 a processor | AMD Ryzen â„¢ AI Z2 Extreme Processor |
Memory | 16 Gb LPD DR 5 X 6400 | 24GB LPDDR5X-8000 |
Storage | 512GB M.2 2280 SSD (upgradeable) | 1TB M.2 2280 SSD (upgradeable) |
Display | 7 “16: 9 FHD (1080p) IPS, 500 Nits, 120 HHTz refresh rate, Frecnic Premium, Gorilla Glass Victorus + DXC Anti -reflection | 7 “16: 9 FHD (1080p) IPS, 500 Nits, 120 HHTz refresh rate, Frecnic Premium, Gorilla Glass Victorus + DXC Anti -reflection |
Graphics | AMD Radeon â„¢ rdna 3 graphics | AMD Radeon â„¢ rdna 3 graphics with AI boost |
Battery | 60 WHH | 80WH |
I/o ports | 2x USB 3.2 General 2 Type C, MicroSD Reader, 3.5mm Cambo Audio Jack | Thunderbolt 4, 1x USB 3.2 General 2 Type C, MicroSD Reader (DDR200), 3.5mm Cambo Audio Jack with 1x USB4 Type-C. |
Network | WiFi 6 E (2×2) + Bluetooth 5.4 | WiFi 6 E (2×2) + Bluetooth 5.4 |
Audio | Microphone attributed to Davil Smart AMP Speaker, Dolby Atmos, AI noise | Microphone attributed to Davil Smart AMP Speaker, Dolby Atmos, AI noise |
Dimensions and weights | 11.4 × 4.8 × 1.99 inches, 1.48 pounds | 11.4 × 4.8 × 1.99 inches, 1.48 pounds |
Date of launch | Holiday 2025 | Holiday 2025 |
Charge | Unidentified | Unidentified |
Rogue Xbox Allied: Hardware
If you have seen the Canon Lake Project earlier this year, you will not be surprised by the form of this new handheld. And when others are saying that it looks like a toy, but I really dig this form element, as well as in most of the aesthetics with small nodes on the Xbox.
The appropriate controller’s grip looks like it will give it a great hand-which is suitable for maintaining.
So far, the only thing that is approaching is just a good grip that is the MSI claws from AMD to A8, but it seems that it will take it to the next level. Oh, and you are finding everything you expect from the Xbox Controller such as HD Hoptics and Hall Impact L and Rr.
In front, you have found the same 7 -inch 1080p panels, which are Gorlala Glass Victos’ 120Hz refresh rate and protection courtesy IPS screen. There are minor differences of the port, as you are getting USB4 in the premium model, and in this prerequisite model, you are also watching the battery capacity from 60WH to 80Wh.
And trust me when I say that the new AMD needs extra capacity to be able to chip.
Rogue Xbox Allied: Software
But while the hardware design only indicates here and on the Xbox partnership there, this software has dramatically reviewed some important problems that we have been talking about for a year. Just to indicate them:
- Desktop Windows 11 experience just does not work well on the handheld screen. Whether it is Lenovo Legion Go S or Asos Rogue Elx, whether we enjoy the gameplay, everything gets stuck on the steam deck because Windows is just lame on a small screen.
- Running the entire OS in the background is a hindrance to performance and power efficiency. I found this when putting a stamus on the ally of the disease – a dragging frame rate and a strong growth in the stamina without dragging it down without the height of Windows.
Well, it looks like Microsoft took it on board and finally done something with the engineered Xbox app again. Not only can you just set it on a full screen mode to start it, but when you do this, all Windows 11 processes (including desktops) will be disabled. It returns you up to 2GB of RAM for gaming!
So not only gets you re -engineered UI, which provides you with a gross gaming library in all your libraries such as steam and gamep pass, which is a controller focused to navigate Zipli, but all of these windows’s overheads are also being eliminated, so you can make more of your system.
As Jez Cardin has increased it Windows CentralXbox has confirmed that these new Xbox apps and re -tolded Windows are special to the “early 2026” for ally and ally Xbox Xbox Xbox when “other devices like Lenovo Lashkar Go” will also begin to get it.
Rogue Xbox Allied: Performance
In terms of giving sports under the hood, you got two fresh new chips from AMD: Raisen Z2A and Raizen AZ 2 Extra. We have already found a glimpse of them in the computer, but to deliver the features of AI without the NPU.
Raizen Z2A is a tremendous cut backup, which is aimed at packing low-power gaming for Indi titles and packing-4-core/8 threads and efficient “Zen 2” architecture for up to 20 watts. However, this means that you only get a 5 -year -old RDNA graphics of AMD.
But the real party starts at Raizen AZ 2 Extra-Laptop Centric Raisen AI9HX 370 chip set which has a new name. 8 Core/16 threads are operating on AMD’s latest Zen 5 architecture that double the highest power generation in 35 watts, and double the GPU core count for the fastest multi -tasking.
The final result? As Microsoft confirmed, Gears of Battle: Reloaded Cardin’s Windows Rap is able to run on “fully stable 1080p 60 FPS”. This is AAA console gaming that has a Raizen AZ 2 Extra on a handheld!
Rogue Xbox Allied: Game
As Sarah Bond, CEO of Xbox, said himself, every game announced in showcase has an Xboxplay anywhere. So it has been announced in the showcase.
- Personal 4 Recovery
- Hollow Night: Silksong
- An animal of re -birth
- Call Off Duty: Black OPS 7
- Clock work revolution
- High on life 2
- Ninja Gaden 4
- Gears of Battle: Reloaded
- Super Mate Boy 3D
- Grandon 2
- Epillen
- Caper (double fine)
- No ghost in the gland
- Indiana Jones and Great Circle – Giants Order (DLC)
- Crohnos: New Don
- Uncontrolled vs.
- At the end of fate
- Resonance: The legacy of a plague story
- Final fantasy vii remake inter -grade
- Final fantasy XVI
- The planet of Lana 2
- Aniimo
And of course, you have the rest of the Xbox Game Pass Library, as well as you bought something to play steam, epic sports store and play.
Rogue Xbox Allied: Price and release date
This is a big question mark that makes me afraid. No company has told me the price in computer, and everyone is silent here, and this is due to prices. No one wants to jump until they are 100 % sure what is happening to all their components, and uncertainty is increasing the cost.
Given that it is also involved with a docking station, I will also guess and say that Raizen Z2 is about $ 500 for a model, and the top of the line can be between $ 800- $ 1,000 anywhere.
Microsoft has confirmed that more accessories are being announced soon, so remain for a new case and may be some device modes!
Outlook
I am clear about my problems with Windows gaming handhelds, and it seems that Microsoft has taken personally.
On paper, it seems incredible with fresh designs that look great with great performance, which look real comfortable, and you just give you a real focus on removing the Windows Windows experience.
When we find some appropriate time near it near the beginning of this fall, we will know more.
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