Customer Ratings & Reviews

Asus ROG Ally 7” 120 Hz FHD 1080p Gaming Handheld – AMD Ryzen Z1 My Overall Impression Good looking handheld device, but a really frustrating experience. What Worked Well *Screen Quality – The screen is beautiful. Bright, rich in color, and clear. *Options to Add Programs – Windows 11 based, so you can add programs until your heart’s content. *Upgradable – There are lots of accessories available to allow you to use this in more ways than just a handheld (controllers, docking stations with other screens, etc). SD cards can be used for memory. *RGB – The handheld has built-in RGB lighting which can be controlled to change appearance. *Speakers – I found the speakers adequate for a handheld gaming device. *Build – The build is pretty nice. About the size of a Nintendo Switch. Controls remind me more of an X-Box controller for the controls/buttons. *Charging – Charging does not seem to take a really long time, although the battery decreases while using it faster than it charges. It does come with its own charging adapter/cord. What Went Poorly *My first Asus ROG Ally was dead on arrival. Wouldn’t even charge. I had to get a second unit right away. Bad start, but sometimes it happens. *Setup – Was harder to setup than I expected. It’s basically a computer, so you have to get Windows up and running. It asked if I wanted to image the handheld based off of my Asus laptop, and I told it no. It still did it anyways. *Windows Controls – Some screens don’t give you an option to back out. No X in the top right corner. B button doesn’t exit like in games. Ended up having to use Microsoft Edge because it wouldn’t allow me to not install it. Poor control. *Games Not Working – This is really frustrating. I tried to use some games through X-Box and some through my Steam account. To date, I have only been able to play one of the X-Box games; Solitaire. I don’t have a bunch of stuff in my X-Box account so I tried a few easy games, just to get the ball rolling. Solitaire worked after a couple of tries. Sudoku never worked, asking me to change my screen size every time. Evidently, you have to find games that will work with Xbox Play Anywhere. For Steam, I was excited because I thought that I’d be able to play some old games since it works with Windows. Hardly any of those turned out well. You’re going to need them to be Steam Deck compatible for them to work well on the Ally. I ended up buying some additional Steam games to try to find one that worked well. Mortal Kombat X was the only one that really felt playable out of the games that I tried. *Kicked Out of Games – I had a few games that closed unexpectedly – even Mortal Kombat X which was the most likely to work. At one point I had a game resized to be 1/4 of my available screen size, and I was seeing the desktop screen for the other 3/4. I do not know what caused this, and it happened more than once. *Controls for Games – Controls for the Ally are not intuitive. Do not expect to buy this for a younger child, and them be able to use it without help. It appears that the handheld cannot sense what controls or screen settings need to be used. You have to provide all of this information per game. I don’t have time for that. I just want to pick it up and use it. *Constant Updates – I can’t use this thing without something trying to update. It’s Windows based, so there are all of the typical Windows updates. Then, Asus uses something called Amoury Crate to manage the game library. That has its own set of updates. Xbox also has updates. Between the updates and the games not working with the Ally, I have spent more time updating than I have playing anything. *Heat – At first I didn’t have any issues with heat, but that changed this week. There are heat vents on the back for the Ally to push air through. Sometime this week mine started getting hotter. Then I noticed that the heat was coming through the SD card and charging slot. There are reports of SD cards melting with these, and I am concerned that it could happen with mine if I used one. Heat should not be directed toward the onboard memory. *Battery Stamina – Battery drains fairly quickly. Lost at least 30% in a couple of hours. I see a lot of folks getting battery banks to use with these. Final Conclusion I am giving the Asus ROG Ally 3 stars. I am sure that there are things that I need to learn in order to use this well, but honestly, I don’t feel that I should have to make that level of effort for a handheld gaming device. I do like the fact that it uses games that I have already purchased, but most of them are not really supported for this system. The screen is beautiful, so that’s a solid win for the Ally. Overall, it’s just a frustrating experience that could be improved greatly.

For the price it really is unbeatable it is literally a portable gaming PC only reason its not 5 stars is because the storage isn’t much and it is very fragile but much more durable the the Nintendo switch ever was

This is an awesome device! It plays games so sweet and you can go to the windows side to get things done. Two for one.

Great size, the battery life isn’t great but if your by a plug it’s Fine. It’s access to games and everything that you could on a pc is Amazing and being able to keep up with frame and graphics are On point.

very convenient when I'm on the go. can play any of my games from xbox to pc and mobile games , and different modes to use keyboard or controller

A fun gaming handheld system. It take getting used to, using Windows 11 on a small screen. But it is a lot of fun when it comes to playing games on this mighty little system!

Buttons feel very high quality and accurate. Best D Pad I've ever used. Can customize buttons. Very powerful little PC. Screen runs at 120hz. Highly recommend it

Perfect for all types of gamers. As someone who loves his handhelds and his PC this is the best of both worlds! Z1 is perfect for bed and couch gaming.

The ASUS Rog Ally is basically a Windows tablet with connected controller. The screen size is nice for portable gaming and you get more button controls than you probably know what to do with. Not a bad thing, just depend on the type of games you play. Should meet the needs for any game I can think of. The speaker sound is actually pretty good with the Dolby Atmos, but for the most part I don’t see myself pumping the volume versus using headphones, which is compatible for wired and wireless headset. The finger print login is a nice feature as using the touch screen to do any sort of keyboard typing is not really a good form factor for. The boot up time is pretty slow, which is quite disappointing. Once logged in, you have your typical Windows interface. So any Windows app that you could need should be available in the App Store. From a gaming perspective, it is great that you can connect to Xbox. Any games or subscription you have will be available for download, however like any other PC I have owned, I get various windows errors making this a bit frustrating. I think this would have been better as a Xbox player versus a portable pc gaming device. Take that with a grain of salt coming from a console gamer vs pc. I just think it has a wider capability but opens up for lack of performance or stability with some of the apps. The screen is a good size for portable gaming. The ability to hook up to a display give more of a console type gaming when connecting with multiple wireless controllers. Unfortunately just not overly impressed.

significantly better than I expected. I am blown away at how fast and powerful this little computer is. Couldn't be happier.

I bought the Extreme version and the moment I started gaming I knew its going to replace my Steam Deck. Display and sound quality are top notch and I can have all my gaming stores ( epic, Steam ….) + game pass which is a must have in one place. Also unlike what reviewers say I found windows OS on Rog to be more touch friendly thant the steam deck desktop mode which can populate keyboard when a text prompt is there also options to float keyboard for places where text boxes are appearing on the button. Overall a solid choice for gaming and easily replaced my SD.

Living a busy life, i dont have much time to stay at my pc all day . This unit lets me hit my rpgs all day on the go .

Great product! Highly recommend for the gamer on the go. Only wish is for battery life to be better!

This is a really good handheld gaming pc it can play any game on the go or at home this is a great investment

works great runs everything i need it to and then some also great gaming on it too

It's great for gaming with a busy lifestyle! I would purchase again if I needed to.

I bought this used but it was in excellent shape and it plays well ,no issues as of yet

nice on the go gaming device would recommend to anyone

Essentially useless as shipped. Needs steamOS installed to get decent performance. No touchpads make some games unplayable, such as Civilization. Plays FPS type games very well. Rear buttons are awkward to use. External GPU slot is interesting, but has limited use due to custom PCIe connector.

This system replaces alot of pcs,and gaming consoles i would recommed this over any system out now