Watch out Nintendo Switch 2 – Microsoft just revealed the ROG Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X

Microsoft has just announced an Xbox take on the Asus's ROG Ally handheld gaming PC: meet the ROG Xbox Ally.

Shown off at the Xbox Games Showcase 2025, this version of the most recent ROG Ally comes in two variants. While both machines have a 7-inch 1080p display, a white Xbox Ally version targets 720p gaming, somewhat like the Valve Steam Deck, and a black Xbox Ally X console that aims for 900p to 1080p gaming.

Both of these Ally consoles-meet-PCs use AMD Ryzen chipsets; the more powerful black machine has the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme chip, while the Xbox Ally uses the Ryzen Ryzen Z2 A.

Unlike Asus current ROG and ROG Ally X, the Xbox version has a tweaked design with contoured grips that echo the shape of the current Xbox Wireless Controller. And as one would expect both Xbox Allys sport the Xbox 'XYAB' button layout and a dedicated Xbox home button.

Much like the Xbox Wireless Controller, the Xbox Allys have impulse triggers, which should feel familiar to Xbox Series X and Series S gamers and give the handheld machines some of the best analog game controller triggers around (at least in my humble opinion).

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