Rumor has it that Asus is gearing up to release an updated version of the ROG Ally for 2024. Even if this isn’t an entirely new handheld, it’s hard to imagine Asus will exit the world of handheld ...

There are two big changes that make the ROG Ally, or any other Windows handheld, perform more like the Steam Deck. The first is Nyrna, which has been like a revelation ever since I installed it on ...

The Asus ROG Xbox Ally is Microsoft's big push into handheld gaming, but it isn't gunning for the Nintendo Switch 2. It's got Valve's Steam Deck in its sights.

The Asus ROG Xbox Ally is Microsoft's big push into handheld gaming, but it isn't gunning for the Nintendo Switch 2. It's got Valve's Steam Deck in its sights.

On April 1st, Asus dropped a trailer for a Steam Deck-esque new gaming PC handheld called the ROG Ally. Naturally, people thought this was just an April Fool’s Day joke, but now, Asus has confirmed ...

However, this makes the Steam Deck cheaper, at £349, and while there is an iteration of the Steam Deck with a better battery, that matches the ROG Xbox Ally’s 512GB of storage, it’s still ...

While the ROG Ally X has a bigger battery than the Steam Deck and its more powerful Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor beats out the Custom AMD Zen 2 APU Valve opted for, it's also more power-hungry, even ...

But even as a devoted Steam Deck acolyte, the ROG Xbox Ally X made an impression on me. There's a lot to be seen about the quasi-Xbox handheld, but it may even make a convert out of me.

By default, the ROG Ally and ROG Ally X go into Sleep mode whenever you hit the power button. This isn’t the same as the sleep function of something like a Steam Deck or Nintendo Switch, though.