Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox Ally's console-like version of Windows 11 will be available on other gaming handhelds next year.

ALLYourgames proclaims the first bit of marketing copy for the ROG Xbox Ally, the third-gen Asus handheld PC that’s also borrowing Microsoft’s Xbox brand. “This is an Xbox,” declares the very next line.

As in SteamOS, a traditional desktop UI will reportedly still be available on the ROG Xbox Ally, but you have to specifically decide to launch it. Hopefully, any version of this interface that also rolls out to generic Windows PCs would be able to save system resources by shutting off the traditional Windows UI entirely.