CES 2026: Foldables, Rollables, and Robot Punches

This week, a whirlwind tour of the handheld news from CES 2026, Switch 2 grips, AR glasses, new chips from AMD, the OneXSugar Wallet, and more.

Also available on YouTube here.

Links and Show Notes

The Portable Gaming News from CES

• NOW LIVE: Nintendo just officially revealed the new purple/light green Switch 2 Joy
• Genki Grips: Made to be Held by Human Things
• Pocket8 Makes PICO–8 Playable On Your iPhone
• touchHLE homepage
• The Xreal 1S glasses get a spec bump and 3D conversion
• The OneXSugar Wallet is the first gaming handheld with a folding screen
• You can charge Belkin's new Switch 2 power case without opening it
• Qualcomm's next-gen Snapdragon X2 laptops are here — and they brought a new friend
• AMD heard you like powerful gaming portables — so here are new Strix Halo chips
• Lenovo Legion Go 2 with SteamOS launches in June, priced at $1199
• Lenovo's new concept gaming laptop goes wide. Really wide.
• GameSir X Hyperkin Reveal A Controller With GC, N64 & SEGA Attachments

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