It’s no secret that Asus is working behind the scenes to deliver its next – and possibly Xbox’s first – handheld console in the form of the ROG Ally 2. We’ve now had our first glimpse at what appears to be two separate editions of the Ally 2, as well as some of the finer key details that Asus has so far been unwilling to reveal.

Xbox’s ambitions to enter the handheld gaming space are arguably an even bigger secret than that of the ROG Ally 2 – until the two worlds collided on 1 April 2025, when the company teased an Xbox-centric follow-up to its ROG Ally and Ally X handhelds. It seems certain now that Xbox has taken a shortcut to get its name into the space with an ‘Xbox edition’, piggybacking off Asus’ hardware with a sprinkle of its own OS to satiate gamers.

Opening Pandora’s Xbox

We’ve got leaked images of two ROG Ally 2 devices, courtesy of @94G8LA on X/Twitter, showing off a white and black shell, though the latter features a dedicated Xbox button, while the white device replaces it with something more standard. From this, we can glean that Asus will sell two different ROG Ally 2 models – one being the official Ally 2 (white), and the other being an ‘Xbox edition’ (black).

As for what’s changing on the outside, it isn’t much. The grips appear to be redesigned, and are now a whole lot chunkier than the previous iterations, lending themselves to being more Xbox-focused than before. You’ll be looking at your games through the 7in 120Hz display, though whether it’ll be bold enough to make the jump to OLED remains to be seen. The Ally X still chugs along with a 1080p IPS LCD screen.