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Asus

136 articles stable

Microsoft and Asus turned the ROG Xbox Ally line into the first Xbox handhelds, while Asus’s 2026 coverage also points to a smartphone pullback and new gaming hardware bets.

Who they are

Asus appears in coverage as a PC and consumer-device maker whose role increasingly centers on gaming hardware and OEM partnerships. Its stories span earlier ZenFone smartphones and Chrome OS products, newer foldable PCs and VR initiatives, and gaming devices built with Microsoft, Meta, and Xreal.

The recent arc

Coverage shifted toward gaming platforms in 2024 and 2025. Meta’s April 2024 opening of Horizon OS named Asus and Lenovo as planned headset partners, while June 2025 brought Microsoft and Asus’s unveiling of the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, Windows handhelds able to run games from multiple storefronts including Steam. The series then moved from announcement to commercialization through planned October availability and US pre-orders in September 2025.

Early 2026 broadened that gaming-device push with Xreal’s ROG Xreal R1 glasses, specified with 1080p micro-OLED displays and a 240Hz refresh rate for an H1 launch. At the same time, reports that Chair Jonney Shih said Asus would release no new smartphones in 2026 framed its Android phone business as potentially nearing an exit; a separate February report put Asus alongside HP, Dell, and Acer in considering Chinese memory-chip sourcing.

The tension

The central tension is between Asus’s former breadth in consumer devices and its more partner-led gaming direction. Microsoft’s Xbox handheld strategy relies on Asus hardware and Windows rather than a native Microsoft device, while Meta’s Horizon OS opening places Asus alongside Lenovo in a nascent third-party headset ecosystem. The reported smartphone pause underscores the contrast: Asus is extending the ROG brand into handhelds and glasses even as its Android-market commitment is questioned.

Why it matters

If this trajectory holds, Asus could become an important hardware conduit for platform owners seeking to extend gaming beyond consoles and PCs: Microsoft supplies Xbox and Windows integration, while Asus supplies the ROG device layer. Whether that produces a durable position depends on execution of the Ally rollout and Xreal collaboration, and on whether the reported smartphone retrenchment frees focus or instead reduces Asus’s consumer-device reach.

Asus has appeared in 136 articles since 2015-01. Coverage peaked in 2024Q2 with 7 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Microsoft, Xbox, Lenovo, Intel.

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Coverage Timeline

2026-02-05
Nikkei Asia 5 related

Sources: HP, Dell, Acer, and Asus are considering sourcing memory chips from Chinese chipmakers, a first; HP and Dell are qualifying DRAM products from CXMT

TAIPEI — Leading PC makers HP, Dell, Acer and Asus are considering sourcing memory chips from Chinese chipmakers for the first time amid …

2026-01-20
PCMag 20 related

Taiwanese media: Asus Chair Jonney Shih says the company won't release any new smartphones in 2026, which may signal the brand's exit from the Android market

2026-01-19
PCMag 18 related

Taiwanese media: Asus Chair Jonney Shih says the company won't release any new smartphones in 2026, which may signal the brand's exit from the Android market

2026-01-06
The Verge 5 related

Xreal partners with Asus to unveil ROG Xreal R1 gaming glasses with 1080p micro-OLED displays and a 240Hz refresh rate, launching in H1 2026

Doubling the standard refresh rate won't come cheap, and we don't know yet how much Xreal is going to charge. … Xreal is having a big CES.

2025-09-27
The Verge 51 related

Microsoft and Asus open preorders for the first Xbox handhelds, the ROG Xbox Ally for $599 and the ROG Xbox Ally X for $999 in the US, shipping October 16

“The hype is real!” says Microsoft. Marcus Stewart / Game Informer : Xbox ROG Ally Prices Revealed, Pre-Orders Now Live Joelle Daniels / GamingBolt : ROG Xbox Ally Handhelds Are Already Going Out of S...

2025-09-26
The Verge 47 related

Microsoft and Asus open preorders for the first Xbox handhelds, the ROG Xbox Ally for $599 and the ROG Xbox Ally X for $999 in the US, shipping October 16

Xbox Ally X and Xbox Ally go on sale with PC-like prices, with preorders starting today. … Today, Microsoft and Asus …

2025-08-21
The Verge 21 related

Microsoft and Asus plan to launch the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X handhelds on October 16; leaks suggest the Ally and Ally X will cost €599 and €899, respectively

will this save gaming on Windows handhelds? The Economic Times : Microsoft re-joins handheld gaming fight against Nintendo's Switch Himani Jha / Digit : ROG Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X handhelds launch ...

2025-08-20
The Verge 39 related

Microsoft and Asus plan to launch the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X handhelds on October 16; leaks suggest the Ally and Ally X will cost €599 and €899, respectively

Microsoft also has a handheld compatibility program to showcase which games run well on the new Xbox Ally devices.

2025-06-09
The Verge 21 related

Microsoft showcases a full-screen, Windows-based Xbox experience optimized for handheld gaming on the Asus ROG Xbox Ally, rolling out to other handhelds in 2026

eventually Richard Speed / The Register : Microsoft cuts the Windows 11 bloat for Xbox handhelds Jacob Fox / PC Gamer : I spoke with Arm about PC gaming and was told that Windows software compatibilit...

Game File 59 related

Microsoft and Asus unveil the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, two PC gaming handhelds that will run Windows games from multiple storefronts, including Steam

First impressions of the ROG XBOX ALLY XIf you'd like to support … Jon Fisher / Lifewire : Your Xbox Just Went Mobile in a Big Way Reece Bithrey / Trusted Reviews : Asus ROG Xbox Ally vs Xbox Ally X: ...

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Asus has appeared in 148 tech news articles since January 2015. The biggest stories include Meta opens its VR OS, now called Horizon OS, to third parties, and says Asus and Lenovo... and Microsoft and Asus unveil the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, two PC gaming handhelds.... Frequently covered alongside Microsoft, Intel, Dell, Lenovo, and Xbox.

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2025Q1research +67pts; funding -25pts
2025Q2research -17pts

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