Earlier this year, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/microsoft” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/microsoft”>Microsoft and Asus announced the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/xbox/asus-partners-with-microsoft-launch-first-xbox-gaming-handhelds-the-rog-xbox-ally-and-ally-x” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/xbox/asus-partners-with-microsoft-launch-first-xbox-gaming-handhelds-the-rog-xbox-ally-and-ally-x”>ROG Xbox Ally, an update to the first-gen ROG Ally, now adorned with Xbox branding. Along with the new name came new specs, but more importantly, the Xbox partnership wasn’t just a token collaboration — rather, a deeply integrated experience finally meant to “fix” Windows on handheld devices. Hence, the ROG Xbox Ally would ship with a new full-screen Xbox app that it would boot into by default, superseding Windows 11 entirely. This was exclusive…
