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In 2024, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer told Polygon<\/a> he couldn\u2019t stop thinking about what an Xbox handheld could be. Months later, Spencer told Bloomberg Microsoft had<\/em> indeed been thinking about it, but that it\u2019s a piece of hardware that\u2019s still years out<\/a> from becoming a reality. That plan seems to have shifted: Windows Central reported<\/a> Monday that Microsoft will debut a handheld gaming device in 2025 \u201cif plans are met,\u201d with hardware that\u2019s being developed by a partner \u2014 something akin to Valve\u2019s partnership with Lenovo to bring the SteamOS to the Legion Go S<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Microsoft\u2019s own proprietary handheld is still in the works, according to Windows Central, and is expected to be years away, reportedly part of the corporation\u2019s next-generation plans for 2027 alongside the Xbox Series X successor. Polygon has not independently confirmed the launch of an Xbox handheld \u2014 either in 2025, or in 2027 with a next-generation console \u2014 but we\u2019ve reached out to Microsoft for comment.<\/p>\n

The reported 2025 \u201cpartner handheld\u201d is codenamed Keenan, per Windows Central, and \u201cwill look unmistakably \u2018Xbox\u2019 [\u2026] complete with an official Xbox guide button, and Xbox design sensibilities.\u201d Details, otherwise, are slim, leaving lots of questions on what exactly the handheld is or could be. Is this a reskinned iteration on the ASUS ROG Ally<\/a>, Lenovo Legion Go, or another handheld? Something more unique to Xbox?<\/p>\n

\u201cI want my Lenovo Legion Go to feel like an Xbox,\u201d Spencer told Polygon last year. \u201cI brought [the Legion Go] with me to GDC. I\u2019m on the airplane and I have this list of everything that makes it not feel like an Xbox. Forget about the brand. More like: Are all of my games there? Do all my games show up with the save that I want?\u201d<\/p>\n

If Spencer has any say, the upcoming Xbox handheld, regardless of who manufactures it, will certainly attempt to have that Xbox feel.<\/p>\n

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In 2024, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer told Polygon he couldn\u2019t stop thinking about what an Xbox handheld could be. Months later, Spencer told Bloomberg Microsoft had indeed been thinking about it, but that it\u2019s a piece of hardware that\u2019s still years out from becoming a reality. That plan seems to have shifted: Windows Central reported Monday that Microsoft will debut a handheld gaming device in 2025 \u201cif plans are met,\u201d with hardware that\u2019s being developed by a partner \u2014 something akin to Valve\u2019s partnership with Lenovo to bring the SteamOS to the Legion Go S. Microsoft\u2019s own proprietary handheld is still in the works, according to Windows Central, and is expected to be years away, reportedly part of the corporation\u2019s next-generation plans for 2027…<\/p>\n

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