AYANEO hosted a product showcase stream on their YouTube channel which went deep into the technical details of their upcoming AYANEO 2S refresh to last year's AYANEO 2. The new handheld console features some major improvements under the hood which include AMD's Ryzen 7 7840U with Radeon 780M graphics, LPDDR5X-7500 and a cooling system redesign. The Ryzen 7 7840U is similar to the recently announced Ryzen Z1 Extreme that the ASUS ROG Ally can be equipped with, both SoCs bringing 8 "Zen 4" cores and a 12CU RDNA3 graphics engine down to a TDP of 15 W. The cooling system for this SoC has been upgraded to a triple heatpipe array soldered to a copper heatspreader which AYANEO is dubbing their "3+1" cooling design. They claim the new design drops SoC load temperatures by as much as 11.6C, and that it has 33% more surface area compared to the previous generation AYANEO 2. AYANEO also claims optimizations to the fit and finish with the body and trigger assemblies being improved to better fit the hand as well as aid in ease of disassembly. Other specifications have remained mostly unchanged such as the 7-inch 1920x1200 IPS display, 16 GB RAM, and 512 GB base configuration SSD.The updated motherboard will fit the existing AYANEO 2 chassis as well, and will be available via a new upgrade service offered to current AYANEO 2 owners. Pricing is still yet to be announced for both the upgrade service and the new console, but the AYANEO 2 currently lists for $1,099 - $1,499 so perhaps the 2S will replace it at those price points. The AYANEO 2S will initially launch with three color options: "Starry Black", "Sky White", and a limited edition "Retro Power" scheme and is expected to go on pre-order in May, with first unit deliveries some time in June.