Watch: Leaked hands-on video of Lenovo’s new Legion Go 2 handheld

We’ve recognized for some time that Lenovo is engaged on an up to date mannequin of its oddball, Nintendo Swap-inspired PC gaming handheld. However now it appears like somebody has gotten their fingers throughout it. A 20-minute video of the machine has been posted to YouTube, exhibiting off its numerous options and full {hardware} specs.

In line with a Reddit put up, a manufacturing facility shutdown in China resulted in a bunch of pre-production {hardware} that, ahem, went on a little bit of a walkabout… and the hands-on video was posted to Chinese language video website BiliBili earlier than being mirrored to YouTube. Precisely how shut this machine is to a last manufacturing design can’t be recognized… however talking as somebody who’s been following telephone leaks for nearly 15 years, I’d say this appears fairly near completed.

Within the 20-minute video, you’ll be able to see the person undergo many of the bodily capabilities of the machine, together with the detachable facet controllers that return from the unique Legion Go, numerous bits of Home windows, and what info is accessible from inside Home windows itself.

Notably, the Lenovo Legion Go 2 prototype is utilizing an 8.8-inch OLED display screen with a 16:10 1920×1200 decision and a refresh fee of 144Hz, placing it nicely above many of the competitors in each dimension and high quality. Most of that was already confirmed at CES 2025 manner again in January, at the least for the prototype, but it surely’s good to see it in motion.

We additionally knew from CES that the machine was operating a brand new Ryzen Z2 Excessive processor at 3.3GHz with “as much as” 32GB of RAM (double the unique mannequin). The identical information stated it was utilizing a 74-watt-hour battery (enormous for this way issue) and as much as 2TB of storage, although the one within the video appears to solely be utilizing 1TB.

Heading to in regards to the 19:20 mark within the video, you’ll be able to see the person take away the machine’s rear plate, exhibiting off a dual-chamber battery design, energetic cooling, and what appears like an 80mm M.2 SSD bay. A bit later, you get a dimension comparability with the Swap 2 and a stay weighing of 938 grams (about 10 % heavier than the unique).

Full disclosure: I don’t converse Chinese language, so there is likely to be extra fascinating goodies that I’m lacking from the video. One factor that’s unmistakable is that it’s operating Home windows 11 with extra grace than most PC handhelds handle, and a bit of additional person interface on prime.

The OS of a PC gaming handheld has change into a sticking level as of late, with Lenovo itself debuting the primary third-party handheld operating SteamOS like Valve’s Steam Deck. It’s price noting that the smaller, cheaper Legion Go S will get noticeably higher efficiency operating SteamOS than Home windows in lots of video games.

Lenovo nonetheless hasn’t stated a lot about its plans for the discharge of the Legion Go 2, besides that it hopes to take action later in 2025. Pricing stays the largest query mark for me. The unique mannequin begins at $700, whereas the usual and Steam variations of the newer Legion Go S begin at $730 and $600, respectively.