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Phil Spencer Confirms Xbox is Planning an Xbox Handheld, But It’s a Few Years Away

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has confirmed that Xbox is planning an Xbox handheld console, but it’s a few years away from release.

The news comes from a new interview with Bloomberg. Spencer said that the company is currently working on prototypes and considering what it [a handheld console] might do.

Spencer said the “expectation [internally] is that we would do something” in that category of the handheld console market.

However, if you’re currently saving up the pennies in hopes of buying such a console soon, Spencer promptly squashed any false expectations and said that such a device is still a few years out.

Nonetheless, rumors of Xbox’s next-generation console and a handheld device have been circulating for some time. In March 2024, Windows Central’s Jez Corden claimed that Xbox was already prototyping an Xbox handheld. Other rumors also circulated that Xbox could be planning to release its next-generation console sooner than PlayStation.

On the Xbox Two podcast, Corden said, “I know that they’ve [Xbox] have got handheld prototypes right now”. Corden soon clarified that these are “new prototypes” and not the old prototypes often referred to.

Earlier this year, Xbox announced that its next-generation console would be “unique” and “powerful.” But apart from usual buzzwords, its currently not clear on what exactly that entails.

What do you think of Xbox working on its own handheld console? Let us know in the comments or our new community forum!


For more Insider Gaming coverage, check out the news that Shawn Fonteno almost quit GTA 5

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Highly interested in this.

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"It's a few years away" kinda makes me think it's in flux along with the next-gen Xbox. I mean I know of the RDNA 5 + Zen 6 rumours but I doubt even RDNA 5 exists because it was suppsoed to be early 2026 but now totally gone from very recent roadmaps.

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I wonder if it will be primarily for steaming games on gamepass?

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I really wish Sony also brings back psp I still have mine and I love it. Handheld gaming is really awesome and it seems like a good move by X Box trying to push it, i just wish it is not completely streaming based like ps portal

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