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Native name | 岸沄智能科技（香港）有限公司 |
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| Founded | 2020 |
| Founders | Arthur Zhang |
| Headquarters | Eton Tower, Hysan Ave, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, |
| Products | Handheld gaming computers Mini PCs |
| Website | ayaneo.com |
Ayaneo (variously stylized as AYANEO,AyaNeo or Aya Neo) is a Chinese brand of handheld gaming computers and mini PCs using the Microsoft Windows operating system and AMD Ryzen processors.
 | This section is missing information about the Ayaneo Remake product family.(December 2023) |
The Aya Neo was the first model of handheld gaming computer sold under the Ayaneo brand, and originally financed through crowdfunding. It used a Ryzen 5 4500U processor, 16 GB RAM, 512GB or 1TB SSD storage, and a 7'' 1280×800 pixel touchscreen. [1]
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. [1]
The Air device uses the Windows 11 operating system, a Ryzen 5 5560U processor, 8 or 16 GB RAM, a 5.5'' 1080p OLED screen and 128GB or 512GB SSD storage, expandable via an SD card. The Pro variant has some improved specifications. [2]
Eurogamer wrote that the Ayaneo Air provides lower graphics performance than its main competitor, the Steam Deck, due to the Air's older GPU architecture. [2] According to IGN, the Air provides acceptable performance with modern games at a lower 720p resolution, but not at the screen's native resolution. [3] 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 Linux Proton compatibility layer used by the Steam Deck. [2]
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. [4]
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. [4]
The Ayaneo 2 uses an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U Zen 3 processor. [5]
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 PCIe 4.0 SSD by default. [6] [7]
In 2023, five new models were launched: Ayaneo Pocket Air, [8] Ayaneo Kun, [9] Ayaneo Air 1s, [10] Ayaneo 2s [11] and Ayaneo Geek 1s. [12] All devices use new AMD Ryzen 7840U processor and Windows 11, except Ayaneo Pocket Air which uses MediaTek Dimensity 1200 (only around 30% of 7840U performance) with Android. [13]
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