Since last week I have my ROG ALLY XBOX X and it’s great.

I’m playing Zelda BOTW for the second time, but with the Linkle Mod.

What a great device and a top addition to my Switch 2.😆🙏🏻

GoW III Remastered is my weapon of choice, with FH6 and Fortnite combined upcoming weekend will be perfect!

Have a dbrand kill switch case on my x20. Forgot to shut it all the way down. Put the travel cover on it. Woke up to it waking itself up. And fans spinning like crazy. The travel case blocks the exhaust fans. The device was HOT to the touch. Almost wasn't able to turn it off with the power button because of the heat. Was probably running like that for 4-5 hours. Seems fine now though after letting it sit turned off while I worked all day

Picked this ROG Xbox ally up on marketplace, traded a PC monitor I had laying around collecting dust along with $200 on top, I feel like it was a great deal! please tell me some must do's with this device, also any tips would be appreciated.

Amazing. I play it via steam os but it’s a windows only port. No problem so far. The new updates made it way more stable than before.
I played the first hour without any issue.
Have you tried it ?

Just installed Anatase on my X20 and everything is working out the box.
TDP, sound, Decky, etc. Feels amazing. Also with Decky SP sound quality is really close to windows.

I own a sd oled and a Go2 with Steam OS and I’m actually liking more Anatase on the X20. Feels very snappy and the Xbox button has a purpose, it opens HHD.

Also, you can dualboot very easily if case yours not ready to leave windows or want the best of both worlds. Create and empty partition with KDE once booting into the usb and the. Select dualboot during the install.

Installation is a bit different because you have to set up desktop, and then install Steam game mode and change settings to make it to boot on Gamemode etc.
You can follow this tutorial for example but it doesn’t show you how to dualboot, just install and wipe windows:

https://youtu.be/96ACORxd6PQ?is=Kb_hpjqP_IY8M3_y

Edit: install Decky plugin Deck SP and follow the guide below, to improve the speakers to “almost” windows level.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bazzite/s/o9WL9iIhRq

How is this possible? That line is not coming off, seems like it was damaged? But how? I had it on a case when transporting it anywhere and I have been super careful with it. How is this thing so fragile? Ngl might return it and get a new one...

I dont think there is a way to fix that without changing the front part of the hard cover completely.

Any help, this is the xbox ally x20

Hey everyone, I just got a X20 and I'm loving every minute of it. I have a 4tb SSD installed, but i also have a 1tb SD card lying around and I wanted to use it because why the hell not. My question is, do regular games work fine running on a SD card? Ill attach a photo of the type of SD card I have. Appreciate any help I can get!

Hey all, just got the x20 last week and loving it so far. About to hop on a flight in a few weeks and need some tips to set it up for offline use. I mainly use steam in big picture mode. Should i set it to offline, start up my games and put the system in hibernate so i can play on the plane?

Appreciate any tips!

To make the experience smoother, I’ve been working on a Voice Command System built right into PocketDeck (a controller-first launcher designed for handhelds) so you can control your device using just your voice and the Ally X’s built-in dual microphones!

💡 What you can do hands-free:

• Launch & Find Games: Just say "Open Cyberpunk 2077" or "Launch Elden Ring" to boot up directly.
• Smart Library Sorting: Command it to "Sort by installed", "Filter by action games", or "Show recently played".
• Power Management: Put your Ally X into Sleep, Hibernate, or Shutdown without digging into Armoury Crate or Windows power options.
• Full Navigation: Scroll and browse your collection hands-free when you’re relaxing on the couch.

📌 Quick note on feature status: Full voice control is live today in PocketDeck Plus while I fine-tune background RAM usage and processing. I’m currently optimizing a basic version of the voice module that I’m hoping to bring to the free tier in a future update once it's rock solid!

🆓 PocketDeck Lite (Free, Microsoft Store):https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9PMP8NXKLV0L

🌐 Website (Plus, Blades, screenshots):https://www.pocketdeckapp.com/

💬 Discord (Bug reports, feature requests, sneak peeks):https://discord.gg/pwUmECSPTp

So I have both Vanilla Ally and Steam Deck OLED and have been using the Ally more as it also my work PC when docked to monitor. There's this new game came out call over the hill. It's basically low poly mudrunner/spintires.

I've been trying to play it on my Ally (running Windows), and the performance was awful. Occasional stutter and drop frames on the first map, and when I go to the second map, it got hella worse. Then I switched to my Steam Deck OLED for shit and giggles... Holy... The game run flawless at 45 FPS, even at medium graphics setting.

So on my Ally, I set the game at 720p, running low graphics setting, FSR performance, lock frame rate at 30 FPS (in game). Power profile turbo and shared VRAM at 6GB and still choppy performance sometimes the FPS drops to 25 fps. On the Deck, I didn't touch any power profile (running at 15 watts default), limit the FPS/refresh from the Deck's profile option, that's it. The game runs smoother and have better graphics fidelity.

I'm truly flabbergasted with the stark performance. Did I do something wrong with the Ally? Admittedly I'm on windows insider beta and I botched a winhanced installation, but surely an installation issue won't cause that much performance gap.

I'm not dissing the Ally, I still want to keep it since I got evicted, I have no space for a proper PC setup and I got some academic works that necessitate Microsoft stuff.

I'm reinstalling the Ally through Asus cloud recovery, but any input on performance is welcome. Thank you.

Hello, r/XboxAlly community! I wanted to share an app I made to customize the stick lighting on ASUS ROG Ally handhelds. I haven’t tested it on the ROG Xbox Ally X20 yet, so I can’t confirm compatibility with that model.

The app lets you fine-tune brightness instead of being limited to 0, 33, 66, or 100%, automatically adjust it based on the time of day, set a separate color for each LED, and choose from a variety of animations. It also has effects that react to button presses, trigger pressure, and stick movement, plus low battery alerts, animations when the lighting turns on or off, and RPM and gear shift effects for Forza Horizon games.

I thought some of you might find it useful! I’d love to hear your thoughts, ideas, or any bugs you come across.

Here’s a YouTube video showing the app’s features in action.

For those who want to try the app, I've shared it on Patreon.

Anyone know how to solve this issue? Can't seem to install the game. First time I've seen this error.

Anyone else have an issue where windows does not not recognize the sd card after waking from sleep? I have to eject and reinsert the card every time.

I have my X20, and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!

Coming from my Steam Deck OLED, the boost in game performance is insane and the OLED panel is beautiful. So, it's time to think about upgrades....

What is the best brand and model for MicroSD? It supports Express, but will the micro in my Steam Deck work? Or is it not worth it because of speeds?

Anyone know how to fix this? Getting smoked without it.

Just upgraded to X20 from my XBOX Ally X with modified buttons from ElecGear.

Wondering whether thier buttons are compatible with the new one X20.

Did anyone try such modification yet?

I just installed SteamOS again on my XAX. I used to use huesync to control the RGB so I figured I would again. The problem is it doesn't do anything. No options to change anything when I turn it on. No change to the light. Nothing.

I put the device in sleep mode and the lights at least turned off and so far are staying off.

Is this a know issue? Alternatives?

Has anyone else had this issue and found a fix? Since I got the X20 the Xbox App has failed to start local streaming from the Xbox and also failed to start gamepass. It goes to a black screen for less than 1 second and closes back to the Xbox App menu.

Streaming in the browser still works, and also works on other devices.

I have tried everything I can think of. Reinstalled windows, reinstalled and repaired Xbox app and gaming services. I tried syncing windows clock in the windows settings, I’ve reinstalled AMD drivers,I’ve swapped SSD drives.

Please tell me someone has the answer!

I’ve been stuck in this loading screen and can’t get into the game. What do I do? I’ve tried restarting the game, restarting the console, logging out out Xbox and logging back in, I need uninstalled the game and reinstalled it and still having issues. What do I do next?

This happens all the time - and just started recently. My x20 doesn’t do this and all my other devices download at full speeds. Oftentimes with this device it will slow down to almost zero (or actually zero out) which makes downloads take forever.

On 5Ghz, good connection, no other devices using internet, and just started in the last couple weeks. For a while it was always 400+ mpbs

I want to install Winhanced on my X20, when installing it, it registers the device as the Xbox Ally X, not the X20. Would this lead to any problems or should I just wait for an update that will include the X20?

Anyone here plays madden? I'm having microstutter issues, tried lowering settings and resolutions and up vram, nothing is working. Any tips?

Looking for the absolute best preformance! Every game in my steam library except cod mw1 2019 and mw 2 2022 work on linux. Im really considering switching to Linux too because of the stuttering on windows

Hey everyone!

It's been a while I don't deal with Windows devices and would like to check with you guys if it's normal for Windows Updates to stick in the Updates under way for longs periods ( 2-3h ) ?

I got my X20 yesterday. The 1st setup got stuck in the updates around 97%, so I cancel the updates to be able to see the OS and see the device running, but after login to my xbox account I went to the desktop mode, windows updates and started downloading updates. I also renamed my device name which needs a restart to be applied. As soon as I put it to restart, the device enter in the black screen with "updates under way" message and the spinning little balls and it's there since. Has been almost 1 hour. I have it connected to my desptop monitor and noticed that screen will turn off after a few minutes and to bring it back on I need to press the button for 1 or 2 seconds. I short press wont turn it back on.

Is that normal?
Does the screen turning off means it's entering in a sleep mode and stoping the updates or the machine is still running the updates even with the screen off ?