Acer’s launching a Linux handheld for streaming your PC games

The Acer Nitro Blaze Link mightiness tally connected Linux, but it's nary Steam Deck. Acer says it's a "streaming-first handheld and companion device," similar a PlayStation Portal for your PC. Announced astatine Computex connected Friday, it's launching successful Q4 2026 with a 7-inch (1920 x 1200) display, Wi-Fi 6, conscionable 1GB of LPDDR4 RAM, and 8GB of eMMC storage. That's technically not adjacent capable RAM to tally Stardew Valley, but the Blaze Link isn't meant for playing games locally.

Logitech launched a akin handheld a fewer years ago, the Logitech G Cloud, that outgo $350, included 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, and ran connected Android. It was a pugnacious merchantability astatine that terms considering …

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