While you can’t get a Steam Deck off Valve directly without joining a hefty waitlist, the market for handheld gaming PCs is becoming increasingly crowded, in part driven by the success of Valve’s machine. We’ve now got eyes on yet another new competitor – the AyaNeo Air.
For those unfamiliar with the company and device, the AyaNeo brand has been peddling these sorts of handheld gaming products for a while now, though it has typically specialized in extremely high-end devices running at prices in excess of $1000. The Air introduces a new direction for the brand, however – cheaper, more accessible, and with a design and form factor more akin to the Steam Deck or Nintendo Switch.
The new AyaNeo Air boasts a 5.5 inch 1080p AMOLED display, an AMD Ryzen 5 5000U processor with Vega integrated graphics, and can be configured with up to 32gb of RAM and up to 2tb of storage – with room to expand via an M.2 slot. All of this comes in significantly cheaper than any previous AyaNeo device,