Ayaneo 2S will officially be one of the first Steam Deck rivals with Ryzen 7000


A handheld gaming PC with thumbsticks lit up blue and orange respectively.
The existing Ayaneo 2. The new 2S looks much the same. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge

Z1 Extreme who? Ayaneo has just confirmed it will use AMD’s similar but unannounced Ryzen 7000 U-series chips in a new batch of handheld gaming PCs — including the never-before-seen Ayaneo 2S and Ayaneo Geek 1S, the previously announced sliding keyboard Ayaneo Slide, and a new version of the Ayaneo Air Plus.

What’s more, the company is now promising upgrades for its existing PCs instead of just rapidly making them obsolete — it will offer a free speaker upgrade for every Ayaneo Air and a free cooling module for every Ayaneo 2 and Ayaneo Geek that can lower its temperature by up to 12 degrees Celsius.

Image: Ayaneo via Webandme (Discord)
Image: Ayaneo via Webandme (Discord)

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