Sleek OLED ROG Xbox Ally X20 kicks off limited edition range

Looking back on its 20-year history, Asus’ Republic of Gamers brand celebrated the anniversary with an avalanche of limited-edition devices, including its first OLED handheld gaming PC: the ROG Xbox Ally X20.

Announced at a flashy Taiwan event alongside Grand Theft Auto V star Ned Luke, the ROG Xbox Ally X20 comes as part of a bundle with the brand’s XREAL R1 Edition 20 AR glasses, which provide the equivalent of a 171-inch screen.

Judging by the audience’s reaction, the revamped Xbox Ally was the star of the show. Made with a transparent black casing with gold highlights, it’s a striking design. But the handheld’s upgrade wasn’t a mere cosmetic refresh.

Kris Huang reveals the ROG Xbox Ally X20 (left), while Ned Luke, Huang, Jonney Shih, and Whitson Gordon with the Edition 20 range (right). Images: Chris Button.

A beefed-up version of last year’s ROG Xbox Ally X, the X20 edition expands the display from seven inches to 7.4 inches. Along with the bigger size, it uses ROG’s Nebula HDR OLED technology, instead of the IPS used by previous models.

Its internals remain largely the same, including the AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip, but ROG tweaked the cooling system to accommodate the OLED technology. On the outside, the D-pad can swivel to support four-directional and eight-directional inputs for different kinds of games.

ROG also equipped the Xbox Ally X20 with new TMR joysticks, which it claims are more precise than Hall effect technology. These new sticks are meant to be more durable, smoother, and remove the dreaded dilemma of stick drift over time.

ROG didn’t confirm any pricing or how limited the Xbox Ally X20’s supply will be. Judging by the Xbox Ally X’s recent price increase, which costs $1,799 in Australia, the special edition OLED model won’t be cheap.

ROG Xbox Ally X20 is just the tip of the iceberg

When the ROG Xbox Ally launched late last year, it impressed as a powerful bit of portable gaming kit. One of the most powerful handheld gaming devices on the market, its main weakness was the slightly disjointed Windows 11 software integration. Since then, multiple updates have vastly improved the user experience, particularly when docked to an external display.

There were a lot of 20th anniversary devices announced at ROG’s press event overnight. Denoted by the ‘Edition 20’ branding, the limited edition range included all manner of PC peripherals, like mice, keyboards, and even an RTX 5090 GPU with an OLED display that curves around its edges.

Extremely extra, but extremely cool, the 20th anniversary motherboard turned heads. Image: Chris Button.

Arguably the coolest Edition 20 drop was the ROG Crosshair X870E motherboard. Designed to pay homage to the first device made under the ROG banner 20 years ago, it brandishes copper heatsinks, up to nine M.2 slots, and a dual 6.67-inch AMOLED screen that pairs with ROG’s Edition 20 RTX 5090.

Where it all began: the original ROG Crosshair motherboard. Image: Chris Button.

A lot of what ROG showed highlighted a ‘because we can’ approach to product design. The Edition 20 range isn’t for the masses, but goodness, it all looked incredibly stylish.

Chris attended Computex 2026 in Taipei as a guest of Intel.

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