You can buy the ROG Xbox Ally X20 on its own, but it comes at a steep price

Published Aug 25, 2026, 8:40 AM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian tech publication MobileSyrup, and earlier in his career, he worked as the technology editor at the Financial Post and Postmedia. He's based in Toronto. Over the past 15 years, he's written thousands of articles. Patrick has also interviewed dozens of tech industry executives and covered GDC, E3, Gamescom, WWDC, Apple keynotes, Samsung Unpacked events and more. Patrick has a BA in journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. Summary The ROG Xbox Ally X20 costs $1,300 on its own, and bundled with AR glasses and cases, it costs $2,500. Pre-orders are available now, and it ships on October 15th. The handheld features a bigger 7.4-inch OLED, reduced bezels, 120Hz, and 1,000-nit HDR. This is an incremental upgrade because it features the same Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip and overall design as the regular Xbox Ally X. After previously revealing the ROG Xbox Ally X20 in a bundle with the ROG Xreal R1 Edition Gaming AR Glasses, Asus has confirmed it will also sell the handheld separately for $1,300. This is roughly $300 more than the standard ROG Xbox Ally X. On the other hand, the bundle that includes both the handheld, AR glasses, dbrand's excellent Killswitch case, and a custom Pelican Protector case, is priced at $2,500. Both the standalone ROG Ally X20 and the bundle are available to pre-order now and release on October 15th. The pricey Xbox Ally X20 solves my key issues with the original ROG Xbox Ally X's somewhat lackluster display. The handheld's screen is slightly larger at 7.4-inches compared to 7-inches, and it's also OLED rather than LCD. This means that it should feature deeper blacks, higher white levels, and overall brighter colors. At the same time, OLED consumes more power than LCD technology, so it'll be interesting to see how the higher-quality screen affects battery life. While I haven't used the Xbox Ally X20 myself yet, its bezels seem notably reduced, resulting in a far more modern-looking screen size that rivals other handhelds like the Switch 2 and MSI Claw 8 EX AI+. The display also features a 120Hz refresh rate, AMD FreeSync compatibility, peak brightness of 1,000 nits for HDR, and 600 nits for SDR. Asus says the Ally X20's screen supports Vesa DisplayHDR True Black 1,000 and Dolby Vision, too. The Xbox Ally X20 isn't the Xbox Ally X 2 This is an incremental step forward, not a full generation leap Credit: Asus Other changes to the special-edition Xbox Ally X20 include a sleek, translucent black body with gold accents and rubberized rear grips. There are subtle tweaks to its face buttons, including a lower-profile design and an Xbox Elite Series 2-style D-pad that spins to sit diagonally. Beyond these changes, the Ally X20 is pretty much the same handheld as the standard Xbox Ally X, including its AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip, 24GB of RAM, 1TB SSD, and 80Wh battery. With that in mind, the Xbox Ally X20 isn't a generational leap for Asus' Ally line, but rather a hint at what features we might see in the inevitable Xbox Ally X 2, particularly because it still features the Z2 Extreme. While the chip is still very capable, it can't keep up with the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+'s Intel Arc G3 Extreme, which, in my experience, delivers a substantial frame-rate boost with certain games compared to the Ryzen Z2 Extreme. That said, my time with the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ has also been plagued by odd software glitches. Credit: Asus This makes the Xbox Ally X20 a tough sell as more Intel Arc G3 Extreme-powered handhelds like the Acer Predator Atlas 8 and the OneXPlayer 3 release in the coming months. Still, the ROG Xbox Ally X offers a great all-around package on the software side thanks to the Xbox app and Armoury Crate, and it overall offers a far more polished experience compared to the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+. Hopefully, the Xbox Ally X20 continues that trend.