Ayaneo (variously stylized as AYANEO, AyaNeo or Aya Neo) is a Chinese brand of

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s and

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s using the

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operating system and

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processors.

Devices

Aya Neo (2021)

The ''Aya Neo'' was the first model of handheld gaming computer sold under the Ayaneo brand, and originally financed through

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. It used a Ryzen 5 4500U processor, 16 GB RAM, 512GB or 1TB SSD storage, and a 7'' 1280×800 pixel touchscreen. Reviewers described its performance as acceptable for less demanding games, and the device as a whole as a relatively expensive and novel type of device for a "niche crowd" of handheld PC gamers.

Ayaneo Air / Ayaneo Air Pro (2022)

The ''Air'' device uses the

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operating system, a Ryzen 5 5560U processor, 8 or 16 GB

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, a 5.5'' 1080p

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screen and 128GB or 512GB

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storage, expandable via an

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. The ''Pro'' variant has some improved specifications. ''

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'' wrote that the Ayaneo Air provides lower graphics performance than its main competitor, the

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, due to the Air's older GPU architecture. According to

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, the Air provides acceptable performance with modern games at a lower 720p resolution, but not at the screen's native resolution. But the reviewers praised the Air for its better screen, portability and compatibility with Windows games compared to the Steam Deck, the latter owing to the Air being a native Windows device, as opposed to the

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compatibility layer used by the Steam Deck.

Ayaneo Next / Ayaneo Next Pro (2022)

The ''Next'' is a larger and more powerful device compared to the Air, using a Ryzen 7 5800U processor, 16 GB RAM, a 7'' 1280×800 pixel touchscreen and 2TB SSD storage. IGN described it as an "impressive" handheld gaming PC, capable of playing modern games at high frame rates, but noted a number of "quirks and challenges" such as controller glitches.

Ayaneo 2 (2022)

The

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uses an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U

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processor.

Ayaneo Geek (2022)

Ayaneo Geek was launched together with Ayaneo 2. Differently than Ayaneo 2, Ayaneo Geek will not have motion sensors in both the body and handles, a higher-quality vibration motor, touch-to-wake support for the fingerprint sensor, and a

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by default.

2023 models

In 2023, five new models were launched: ''Ayaneo Pocket Air'', '' Ayaneo Kun'', ''Ayaneo Air 1s'', ''Ayaneo 2s'' and ''Ayaneo Geek 1s''. All devices use new AMD Ryzen 7840U processor and

, except '' Ayaneo Pocket Air'' which uses MediaTek Dimensity 1200 (only around 30% of 7840U performance) with

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References

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