{"id":1294555,"date":"2026-04-02T10:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/7eLpnPyVP24dESwKPzwxDL"},"modified":"2026-04-02T10:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:04:17","slug":"this-is-the-ally-2-100-asus-says-the-rog-xbox-ally-is-a-bona-fide-successor-to-the-first-two-handhelds-but-the-originals-will-still-get-new-xbox-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-is-the-ally-2-100-asus-says-the-rog-xbox-ally-is-a-bona-fide-successor-to-the-first-two-handhelds-but-the-originals-will-still-get-new-xbox-features\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;This is the Ally 2, 100%&#8217;: Asus says the ROG Xbox Ally is a bona fide successor to the first two handhelds, but the originals will still get new Xbox features"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>My recent <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/handheld-gaming-pcs\/i-just-got-my-hands-on-the-rog-xbox-ally-and-can-confirm-the-sheer-comfort-is-worth-that-peculiar-grip-design\/\">hands-on time with the ROG Xbox Ally<\/a>, Asus and Microsoft&#8217;s joint handheld gaming PC, had me impressed. So it might not be all bad news that Asus is considering this handheld to be the ROG Ally 2 that many have been asking and waiting for. Though given we don&#8217;t know pricing, yet, I can&#8217;t say for sure.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, I spoke with Whitson Gordon, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Asus. He confirmed that the new Xbox-collab handheld is the real McCoy, the successor to the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/asus-rog-ally-review-performance-benchmarks\/\">ROG Ally<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/handheld-gaming-pcs\/asus-rog-ally-x-review\/\">ROG Ally X<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve had some people asking, &#8216;Okay, so you have the Xbox Ally. When does the Ally 2 come out? This is the Ally 2. 100%. That I can say with absolute certainty: This is the successor to the Ally and Ally X.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t panic if you&#8217;re a current Asus ROG Ally or Ally X owner, though, because you&#8217;ll still get long-term support:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now we&#8217;re not leaving Ally and Ally X users out in the cold, if you already have those devices. We&#8217;ll eventually be bringing some of those Xbox experiences to those devices \u2026 They&#8217;re not going to roll out at the exact same time, but they will come to those devices soon. So those devices will still get updates, they&#8217;ll still be supported, they&#8217;ll even get some of the newest features, but the Xbox Ally X is the way forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:4032px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"JgV9meJgs2i9jVEuHUgGbg\" name=\"IMG_0968.JPG\" alt=\"Hands-on with an ROG Xbox Ally handheld gaming PC\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/this-is-the-ally-2-100-asus-says-the-rog-xbox-ally-is-a-bona-fide-successor-to-the-first-two-handhelds-but-the-originals-will-still-get-new-xbox-features.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"2268\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure exactly what those Xbox experiences and features will entail, but if it&#8217;s anything to do with the new half-Xbox half-fully-Windows OS Microsoft has cooked up for the handheld, that could be good news. Emphasis on &#8220;could&#8221;, as I only had 15 minutes with the ROG Xbox Ally, but I did find the new system to be intuitive and pretty seamless.<\/p>\n<p>Plus it&#8217;s always nice to be given full access to the OS rather than only the new stripped back and more efficient fullscreen gaming mode. We don&#8217;t have to be coddled, but we can be if we want, and we are by default.<\/p>\n<p>When the ROG Ally X stops being sold you&#8217;ll also presumably have to get on board with the new grip design on the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X. I was very impressed with that, too.<\/p>\n<p>I was curious whether Asus sees that design as continuing beyond the Xbox ROG Ally and into future handhelds. I asked Gordon to get his crystal ball out, but he didn&#8217;t want to speculate so far ahead in part because &#8220;user feedback drives a lot of what we do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The new ROG Xbox Ally X should last a while, anyway, given it&#8217;s running the Ryzen Z2 Extreme, the latest and greatest handheld-specific APU from AMD. Admittedly this isn&#8217;t a completely groundbreaking chip, but it should offer a jump in efficiency and at least a little extra performance.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:4032px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"23p5pDftAS7TBb5PfRC7ag\" name=\"IMG_0975.JPG\" alt=\"Hands-on with an ROG Xbox Ally handheld gaming PC\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/this-is-the-ally-2-100-asus-says-the-rog-xbox-ally-is-a-bona-fide-successor-to-the-first-two-handhelds-but-the-originals-will-still-get-new-xbox-features-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"2268\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gordon says Asus recognises efficiency as being particularly important to handheld PC gamers, and he reckons the ROG Xbox Ally meets this user desire:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So the ROG Xbox Ally has a 60 watt-hour battery, which is bigger than the original Ally, and the ROG Xbox Ally X has an 80 watt-hour battery. And then both of those chips are really efficient, especially at lower wattages.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s certainly been the prevailing impression of the Ryzen Z2 Extreme so far: Not revolutionary, but good for ekeing out more performance at more moderate wattages, even if <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/handheld-gaming-pcs\/the-first-gaming-benchmarks-for-amds-ryzen-z2-extreme-show-memory-bandwidth-is-hobbling-the-full-potential-the-new-handheld-chip\/\" target=\"_blank\">memory bandwidth might be an issue<\/a>. Or, of course, matching Z1 Extreme (for example) performance with the Z2 Extreme at a lower wattage than the former.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll have to see how it all pans out, and as I say, much will depend on those price tags. Comfy design, a more powerful top-end model, and a new OS are all great, but they mean little if the price isn&#8217;t right. It&#8217;ll certainly affect whether I think this is a successor worthy of sacrificing the original ROG Ally X for.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/handheld-gaming-pcs\/this-is-the-ally-2-100-percent-asus-says-the-rog-xbox-ally-is-a-bona-fide-successor-to-the-first-two-handhelds-but-the-originals-will-still-get-new-xbox-features\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My recent hands-on time with the ROG Xbox Ally, Asus and Microsoft&#8217;s joint handheld gaming PC, had me impressed. So it might not be all bad news that Asus is considering this handheld to be the ROG Ally 2 that many have been asking and waiting for. Though given we don&#8217;t know pricing, yet, I can&#8217;t say for sure. Earlier, I spoke with Whitson Gordon, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Asus. He confirmed that the new Xbox-collab handheld is the real McCoy, the successor to the ROG Ally and ROG Ally X: &#8220;We&#8217;ve had some people asking, &#8216;Okay, so you have the Xbox Ally. When does the Ally 2 come out? This is the Ally 2. 100%. That I can say with absolute certainty:&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-is-the-ally-2-100-asus-says-the-rog-xbox-ally-is-a-bona-fide-successor-to-the-first-two-handhelds-but-the-originals-will-still-get-new-xbox-features\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1294556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[10825,66],"class_list":["post-1294555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-handheld-gaming-pcs","tag-hardware"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;This is the Ally 2, 100%&#039;: Asus says the ROG Xbox Ally is a bona fide successor to the first two handhelds, but the originals will still get new Xbox features | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My recent hands-on time with the ROG Xbox Ally, Asus and Microsoft&#039;s joint handheld gaming PC, had me impressed. 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