While some portable gaming PC makers are busy cornering the market on comically large form factors, Lenovo has snuck in to announce several new (and considerably more portable) devices of its own, including the Legion Go 2 and a handheld device running SteamOS .
Starting with the Legion Go 2, that's Lenovo's second-generation portable gaming PC, currently still in prototype, which, along with its built-in stand and ergonomically improved detachable controllers, sports an 8.8-inch OLED display with VRR support and It comes equipped with either the upcoming AMD Ryzen Z2 or Ryzen Z2 Extreme. It can also have up to 32GB of RAM and 2TB of SSD storage, to further enhance its robust credentials.
Unfortunately, there's still no sign of a release window or price for the Legion Go 2, and Lenovo has opted to focus its attention on its other recently announced portable gaming PC: the more modest and more imminently available Legion Go S.
The Legion Go S offers a sleeker alternative to Lenovo's existing Legion Go, ditching the former's detachable controllers in favor of a more rounded all-in-one design. It features an 8-inch 16:10 IPS LCD multi-touch display (with a 120Hz variable refresh rate and 1920 x 1200 resolution), along with Hall-effect joysticks, a redesigned D-pad, and dual-stage triggers.
As for the interior, Legion Go S includes an AMD Ryzen Z2 Go or Z1 Extreme processor and can be equipped with up to 32 GB of RAM and 1 TB of SSD. All of this sits inside a 299mm x 127.6 x 22.6 case and weighs over 730g, around 90g more than the Steam Deck. Lenovo tells The Verge that it's aiming for two to 2.5 hours of battery life for demanding games.
Lenovo's first Legion Go S model starts shipping this month and costs £649.99/$729.99 with the Z2 Go processor, 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. A £600/$599.99 variant with slightly lower specs will follow in May, including the Z2 Go, 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. Both machines run Windows 11, but Lenovo is also working on a Go S powered by SteamOS, making it the first authorized third-party portable gaming device to use Valve's operating system. This is the cheapest of the bunch, costing $499.99 with the Z2 Go, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage, and The Verge reports it should arrive in May as well.
However, for anyone with their sights set on a slightly more distant future, Digital Foundry has taken a look at AMD's recently announced trio of next-generation Ryzen Z series APUs, the kind that will be included in the Legion Go 2 second generation from Lenovo. if you are curious to know more.