Rog Xbox Ally from Microsoft will contain a new “Xbox Full-Screen Experience” to finally compete
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- Microsoft brings an enormous update to his Xbox Windows 11 app for his new Rog Xbox Ally Handheld
- The new “full-screen experience” helps to streamline gaming for handheld users with a portable-friendly user interface
- It will come to other Windows 11 handhelds in 2026
Microsoft has looked at ways to improve the player’s playing experience, after the recent reception and much praise that Valve’s Steamos has received for his Performance jumping over Windows 11 – And it seems that Microsoft has made its first big leap.
As reported by The edgeThe Rog Xbox Ally and Rog Xbox Ally X will contain a new “Xbox Full-Screen Experience” that offers a streamlined handheld-friendly gaming user interface, which will also find its way to others Windows 11 Handhelds in 2026. All games from other stores and applications such as Discord, Battle.net, Steam and other game lunchers are accessible via the updated Xbox app.
It is a long time ago, because handheld users have longed for an improved portable version of Windows 11 for Gaming, related to the Steamos of Valve; The idea is to create a simple start-up and play experience, without navigating to other launchers to find games. In essence, this creates an all-in-one hub for gaming and removes a lot from the frequent Windows pop-ups and reports.
Perhaps the biggest question is the impact it will have on performance, and whether this corresponds to Steamos or surpasses. In addition to the disadvantages of Windows 11 in ease of use, performance is currently the other strong attraction of Steamos for handheld users.
Fortunately, Xbox’s Software Engineering Lead, Brianna Potvin, that 2 GB memory goes back in games in the new full-screen mode and it is expected that we will see further improvements by the time it is available for the Rog Xbox Ally.
Analysis: Handheld gaming in 2026 and then looks clear
With the MSI Claw A8 usage AMD‘S Ryzen Z2 Extreme and the Rog Xbox Ally using the Ryzen Ai Z2 Extreme, both planned to launch this year, it is a strong indication that 2026 and then can be great for handheld gamers.
MSI has already left a strong impression with its Claw 8 AI+, with efficiency with ideal gaming performance results at a 17W TDP – and it is all possible thanks to Intel‘s Core Ultra 7 258V Processor. The extreme processors of Team Red (especially the AI version) are expected to challenge Lunar Lake Soc, while we anticipate Panther Lake and Medusa Point that come from Intel and AMD respectively, to push things further.
Both the Rog Xbox Ally and the Claw A8 are also not the only Z2 extreme -based handhelds, because we are still waiting for the Lenovo Legion Go 2.
The more handhelds there are, the better, and I am enthusiastic to see how these mobile processors can go to offer gaming performance at a high level.
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