Microsoft and Asus’ Xbox handheld appears in leaked photos

The archetypal photos of the Asus ROG Ally 2 person surfaced online acknowledgment to regulatory listings, but with a twist: determination are 2 versions of the gaming handheld, and 1 features a dedicated Xbox button.

We reported 2 months ago that Microsoft was moving with Asus to make an Xbox-branded handheld codenamed “Project Kennan,” and this appears to beryllium it. It’s a achromatic mentation of the different astir identical achromatic ROG Ally 2, with a tiny fastener successful the top-left country bearing an engraved Xbox logo. That fastener is blacked retired connected the regular ROG, though volition apt beryllium replaced oregon removed successful its accumulation version.

91mobiles recovered listings for the ROG Ally 2 astatine the Indonesian certificate, and VideoCardz linked those to an FCC listing for the Wi-Fi module included successful the 2 devices, which includes photos of the hardware. That listing besides reveals immoderate constricted specs, which see a 7-inch, 120Hz LCD show — astir the aforesaid arsenic the archetypal generation — with an 8-core, 36W AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme CPU included successful the Xbox edition, and a little almighty 4-core, 20W spot successful the achromatic version.

The plan has besides been altered, with much molded controller grips connected each edge, alternatively than the blocky, sloped plan of the ROG Ally. That leaves the hardware arsenic a full looking thicker than before, but possibly it’ll beryllium much comfy to hold.

With certification already nether way, it’s apt that a merchandise is astir the corner. Asus often launches hardware astatine Computex, which begins connected May 20th — conscionable 1 time aft Microsoft’s ain Build league begins connected May 19th.