For now, none of this is confirmed. But the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X and ROG Xbox Ally, plus that streamlined version of Windows, definitely indicate a new direction for Xbox. We'll be watching closely.

The market for handheld consoles has exploded in the last few years, disrupting what was a pretty serene period of domination by the Nintendo Switch. Now there are Steam Decks, PlayStation Portals ...

Hardware Handheld Gaming PCs Microsoft's exciting multi-year silicon partnership with AMD doesn't actually make it clearer if there's an official Xbox handheld or next-gen console coming ...

Yes, if Kepler_L2’s sources are to be believed, not only is Microsoft busy working on that official Xbox gaming handheld, they’re close to release as well.

TL;DR: Microsoft has cancelled its plans for a native Xbox handheld console, focusing instead on the Xbox Ally and Ally X handheld PCs developed with ASUS. These devices aim to deliver a console ...

Xbox Handheld Device "Essentially Canceled" - Report A new report sheds more light on Microsoft's plans for the handheld space. By Eddie Makuch on June 12, 2025 at 10:54AM PDT 21 Comments ...

Dimensionally, the two handheld consoles are nearly identical, with the Xbox Ally X being ever so slightly heavier at 715g, compared to 678g on the ASUS ROG Ally X.

Microsoft has reportedly canceled its in-house Xbox handheld to focus on the newly announced ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X. It makes sense for Microsoft to avoid muddling its long-rumored and ...

Instead, the first real novel Xbox device isn’t made by Microsoft at all. Asus is designing a new handheld that looks like an Xbox controller split in half with an added screen.