AYANEO has officially launched its new NEXT 2 gaming handheld: powered by AMD Strix Halo APU, dual-mode triggers, a bigger battery, and more.
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Published Nov 10, 2025 1:01 AM CST
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TL;DR: AYANEO’s upcoming NEXT 2 gaming handheld features AMD’s powerful Ryzen AI Max+ 395 “Strix Halo” APU with 16-core Zen 5 CPU and Radeon 8060S GPU, dual-fan cooling, 8-inch top-tier display, customizable controls, 32GB RAM, and 1TB Gen4 SSD. Pricing starts around $1500, targeting high-performance portable gaming.
AYANEO is preparing for the launch of its powerful new NEXT 2 gaming handheld, powered by AMD’s flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 “Strix Halo” APU with 16C/32T of Zen 5 CPU power, and a powerful Radeon 8060S integrated GPU.
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AYANEO has officially launched its new NEXT 2 gaming handheld: powered by AMD Strix Halo APU, dual-mode triggers, a bigger battery, and more.
Gaming Editor
Published Nov 10, 2025 1:01 AM CST
1 minute & 45 seconds read time
TL;DR: AYANEO’s upcoming NEXT 2 gaming handheld features AMD’s powerful Ryzen AI Max+ 395 “Strix Halo” APU with 16-core Zen 5 CPU and Radeon 8060S GPU, dual-fan cooling, 8-inch top-tier display, customizable controls, 32GB RAM, and 1TB Gen4 SSD. Pricing starts around $1500, targeting high-performance portable gaming.
AYANEO is preparing for the launch of its powerful new NEXT 2 gaming handheld, powered by AMD’s flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 “Strix Halo” APU with 16C/32T of Zen 5 CPU power, and a powerful Radeon 8060S integrated GPU.
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The new AYANEO NEXT 2 gaming handheld uses the company’s new custom hardware design, with the Strix Halo APU cooled with a dual-fan thermal system, a bigger high-capacity battery, an 8-inch display (at the least, we don’t know specific specs just yet), and more.
We have controls that combine a floating 8-day D-pad, Hall effect triggers, dual intelligent touchpads, and customizable rear buttons with dynamic Chroma RGB lighting. The original AYANEO NEXT featured a far less powerful Ryzen 7 8840 APU, but the power of the Strix Halo APU mixed with its powerful 40 CUs of RDNA 3.5-based Radeon 8060S GPU mean you can be 120FPS+ gaming without an issue on-the-go.
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AYANEO’s new NEXT 2 isn’t the only Strix Halo APU-powered gaming handheld, as its competitors in GPD and OneXPlayer have already released their Strix Halo APU-powered handhelds. We should expect 32GB of RAM and 1TB Gen4 SSD as a minimum, where there should be options for more RAM + SSD at higher price points.
The company teased the NEXT 2 gaming handheld on its official X account, where it says that they’re using “exclusive TMR” large joysticks for an improved experience, with an Xbox-style controller layout with ABXY buttons, a circular D-pad, and a few other spare buttons.
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Without providing specs on the display for the NEXT 2 handheld, AYANEO says that it’s using a “Top-Tier” screen, but no details were provided on panel type, its exact size, resolution, or refresh rate. As for pricing, we should expect $1500 at the very least, with top-tier configurations with more RAM and SSD storage to cost $2000 or more.
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Anthony joined TweakTown in 2010 and has since reviewed 100s of tech products. Anthony is a long time PC enthusiast with a passion of hate for games built around consoles. FPS gaming since the pre-Quake days, where you were insulted if you used a mouse to aim, he has been addicted to gaming and hardware ever since. Working in IT retail for 10 years gave him great experience with custom-built PCs. His addiction to GPU tech is unwavering and has recently taken a keen interest in artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.