The Xbox handheld is a new, more powerful Asus ROG Ally

Xbox announced two Asus ROG Xbox Ally variations during the summer 2025 Xbox Games Showcase, both of which include more powerful AMD processors and a native Xbox app, among other things. Both Xbox handhelds will launch in the holiday 2025 window, though Xbox didn’t mention pricing during the reveal.

The ROG Xbox Ally X comes with:

• AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme GPU
• 24GB RAM
• 1TB onboard storage

The standard ROG Xbox Ally comes with:

• AMD Ryzen 2A
• 16GB RAM
• 512 GB onboard storage

The ROG Xbox Ally comes with a native Xbox app that lets you access your Xbox games and cloud libraries, and you can swap between associated apps as well, such as Discord, Battlenet, and “other leading PC storefronts,” Xbox said in an Xbox Wire post.

The news comes after Xbox console games began showing up in the Xbox PC app, prompting speculation about Xbox’s long-rumored plans of creating a single platform that lets you access your Xbox games from console and PC and potentially from Steam as well. It’s also in line with Xbox’s recent push to make accessing Xbox Studio games easier by publishing them on non-Microsoft platforms, such as putting Forza Horizon 5 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on PlayStation 5.

Polygon previously reported on leaked images of an Xbox handheld that appeared in Federal Communication Commission filings. The images in the official filings showed what was essentially just a black Asus ROG Ally, but with an Xbox button included. It turns out that leak was mostly correct, though the ROG Xbox Ally includes a few additional features as well, such as longer hand grips that more closely resemble a standard Xbox controller and impulse triggers. Xbox introduced impulse triggers with the Xbox One, individual motors that can be programmed to vibrate at specific points during gameplay.