Microsoft formally revealed its latest {hardware}, an Xbox-branded model of Asus’ subsequent ROG Ally PC gaming handhelds. The brand new units has Xbox controller-like fins on the edges and blue and inexperienced rings across the analog sticks. There’s an Xbox house button and Microsoft is promising gamers probably the most seamless “Xbox anyplace” expertise but, although we didn’t get a value or rerelease date.
There are two tyopes. The ROG Xbox Ally is the bottom mannequin whereas the Xbox ROG Ally X could have beefier specs. The units will combination gamers’ current Xbox and Home windows gaming libraries collectively, and for the launch Microsoft helps to get Roblox playable on the machine. The handhelds help distant play and cloud gaming as nicely. Right here’s the trailer:
And listed here are the specs:
Microsoft went into extra element on a few of the options that set the Xbox ROG Ally other than Asus’ base fashions on its weblog:
Xbox button: With a devoted Xbox button, gamers have entry to talk, apps, and settings by an enhanced Recreation Bar overlay, permitting you to rapidly swap between operating apps and video games.Contoured grips: Created with participant consolation in thoughts, and utilizing the identical design ideas as Xbox Wi-fi Controllers, the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X characteristic contoured handgrips to accommodate a wider vary of hand sizes.Accessibility options: Recreation Bar and the Xbox app have additionally been optimized for handheld use, bringing alongside acquainted accessibility options from Xbox consoles and Home windows PCs, with rather more to come back in future.
The Xbox ROG Ally leaked by way of regulatory paperwork earlier this yr, and up to date reporting by Home windows Central claims Microsoft’s plans for an Xbox handheld constructed in-house have been sidelined in the intervening time. May this be the beginning of Microsoft leaning solely on third-parties for licensing Xbox gaming {hardware}?
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