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The first time you boot the Xbox full‑screen experience on an original ROG Ally, it looks and feels like someone quietly replaced Windows with a console‑style launcher — but the reality is both more pragmatic and more interesting: Microsoft layered a controller‑first Xbox shell on top of Windows...

The Xbox Ally has arrived with big promises and an even bigger roadmap — Microsoft and ASUS shipped two handhelds that aim to blend the Xbox ecosystem with a purpose-built Windows handheld experience, and the first software updates already outline a clear direction for where the platform will go...

Microsoft and ASUS’ Republic of Gamers (ROG) have pushed handheld PC gaming into a new chapter with the ROG Xbox Ally and the higher-end ROG Xbox Ally X — two handhelds built in close partnership with Xbox that marry Windows 11, Xbox software features, and ROG hardware refinements into devices...

ASUS and Microsoft’s ROG Xbox Ally lands as a pragmatic reimagining of the Windows handheld: a compact, controller‑first device that ships with Windows 11 and a purpose‑built, full‑screen Xbox experience designed to make PC gaming feel like a console without giving up Windows’ openness. The...

Customizing Windows 11’s system sounds is a fast, high‑impact way to make your PC feel personal and less noisy — and it’s simpler than most users expect. In this guide you’ll get a concise, step‑by‑step walkthrough for changing system and notification sounds, re‑enabling the classic...

ASUS and Microsoft’s Xbox-branded ROG Xbox Ally X raises the bar for Windows handhelds by delivering a rare combination of raw performance, refined ergonomics, and an ecosystem push that intentionally treats Windows like a handheld-first platform — but the product still exposes the hard truth...

Asus’ ROG Ally X arrives as a confident, hardware-first answer to Steam Deck-style handhelds: it doubles down on battery, memory and storage, tightens thermals and ergonomics, and ships Windows 11 with an Xbox‑flavored, controller‑first shell — but the polish of the software experience and the...

Logitech’s G Cloud has quietly reclaimed a place in the handheld conversation by surfacing at a steep discount that cuts its effective price to less than half the entry MSRP of the newly announced ROG Xbox Ally — and for many players who prioritize cloud gaming, that arithmetic makes a...

The early consensus on the Lenovo Legion Go 2 is clear: this is a display-first handheld that pushes what a Windows gaming PC in your hands can look like, but it asks buyers to accept a high price, tighter upgrade paths, and the same awkward Windows 11 handheld experience that has dogged PC...

The Legion Go 2 is Lenovo’s choice to move its detachable-controller Windows handheld from a compelling first attempt into a properly premium product: it swaps the original Legion Go’s QHD IPS display for an 8.8‑inch WUXGA OLED with VRR, adopts AMD’s new Ryzen Z2 family (including a Z2 Extreme...

Lenovo’s Legion Go 2 arrives as a bold, expensive answer to a single, recurring complaint about Windows handhelds: the screen — and in that narrow respect it’s hard to argue with the result. Background / Overview The Legion Go 2 is Lenovo’s second-generation Windows handheld and a deliberate...

Microsoft's new handheld-focused, full‑screen Xbox interface for Windows 11 can already be unlocked on many in‑market Windows handhelds thanks to a Release Preview of the Windows 11 25H2 update and a handful of community-discovered switches — meaning you don't have to wait for the ROG Xbox...

The MSI Claw 8 AI+ is one of the most impressive Windows-based handhelds to ship in recent memory — a machine that should have remade the market — and yet months after launch it remains stubbornly scarce, frequently priced above its intended MSRP, and trapped in the wider supply-and-tariff drama...

ASUS’ quietly posted promo that details the Xbox Ally family’s so‑called “Zero Gravity” cooling system has pulled back the curtain on one of the most consequential engineering problems for modern handheld gaming PCs: how to keep a dense, hot APU comfortable and quiet in every orientation while...

Lenovo's next flagship handheld, the Legion Go 2, arrives as a strikingly ambitious — and expensive — attempt to redefine what a Windows portable can be, pairing a large 8.8-inch OLED, AMD's new Z2 family silicon, and headline-grabbing battery and memory choices that put it squarely in premium...

MSI’s second attempt at a Windows handheld is more than a polish job — it’s a correction that, in many real-world tests, turns last year’s embarrassment into the best all‑around Windows handheld available right now. The Claw 8 AI Plus pairs Intel’s Lunar Lake Core Ultra silicon with a large...

Lenovo’s newly announced Legion Go 2 will ship this October as a bigger, more expensive flagship handheld and — crucially for Windows handheld gamers — Lenovo says it will be able to run Microsoft’s new Xbox full‑screen experience starting in spring 2026, making the Legion Go 2 the first...

Lenovo’s follow-up to the original Legion Go lands as a serious, no-compromise Windows handheld: the Legion Go (8.8″, 2) pairs a brighter, 144 Hz OLED PureSight panel with AMD’s new Ryzen Z2 Extreme APU, up to 32 GB of LPDDR5X memory, and a much larger 74 Whr battery—while keeping the detachable...

The first hands-on benchmarks for the ROG Xbox Ally X suggest ASUS and Microsoft’s high-end handheld may have hit a rare sweet spot: substantial generational GPU gains, sensible power draw, and cooling that keeps temperatures well below what many larger devices produce under stress. Background...

The ROG Xbox Ally X I tried shows genuine promise as a portable Windows gaming platform — but its success depends almost entirely on how far Microsoft and OEMs can push Windows 11 out of its desktop mindset and into a controller‑first, battery‑smart handheld experience. Background Handheld PCs...