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Jeremy Laird

Microsoft's Xbox boss upgrades rumoured gaming handheld device from a hope to an 'expectation' but says it's years away from release

A phone with an Xbox logo reflected in a looming laptop monitor.

It's official. Microsoft has upgraded its stance on the rumoured Xbox handheld gaming console from "we should" have one back in June to we're planning one. The catch? It's years away.

Xbox head honcho Phil Spencer told Bloomberg on Tuesday that "the expectation is that we would do something” when it comes to a handheld gaming device. Bloomberg says that Microsoft is working on prototypes and researching the market, but that Spencer says any retail device is still a few years out.

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