Microsoft isn’t launching its Xbox handheld this year, but Asus might be

Microsoft isn’t launching its Xbox handheld this year, but Asus might be

Microsoft is working on bringing Xbox and Windows together. The Kennan and Bayside projects are a big part of this effort.

Full Next-Gen Xbox Reportedly Set for 2027, Xbox-Branded Gaming Handheld Due Out Later in 2025

A new report has outlined Microsoft’s video game hardware ambition, alleging a full next-gen Xbox is set for 2027 and an Xbox-branded gaming handheld is due out later in 2025.

It seems that the current generation of consoles has the numbered days and new releases are already being proposed for the near future. Different hardware and software companies have not yet publicly decreed any word on the launch of new development kits, but Xbox is likely to be the first to start handling the cotaro with the proposal of a portable console in whose manufacture Asus is immiscuous and will soon see the light.

Discussion - Jez Corden says Xbox's Project Kennan device...

Kennan (not Keenan as I previously wrote, curse you Warren) is an OEM-built PC gaming handheld at its core akin to the ASUS ROG Ally or Lenovo Legion Go, and is set to launch later this year providing nothing goes awry. Microsoft is working closely with OEMs on making Windows more friendly for dedicated PC gaming devices like this, with a large amount of effort being poured into the Xbox app, Xbox services platform on Windows, and the Xbox Game …

Microsoft isn’t launching its Xbox handheld this year...

A new report from Windows Central claims that "Xbox's new hardware plans begin with a gaming handheld set for later this year, with full next-gen consoles targeting 2027" and that Microsoft is working on a "Project Keenan" handheld in partnership with an unnamed OEM. The report has generated plenty of headlines about an Xbox handheld arriving in 2025, but the reality is a little more complicated and related to Microsoft's Xbox platform work to c…

The well-informed people at Windows Central have their sources that Microsoft would work on three new Xboxs: the first, codenamed "Kennan", would be a portable console that would be released this year. It would not be built directly by Microsoft but by a partner, a bit like the SteamOS version of the Lenovo Legion Go scheduled for May. In short, MS will probably just stick an Xbox logo and a button...