These days we talk about back to school, a painful back to school, but it seems so Razer intends to sweeten one of the most difficult times of the yearand the truth is that it has equipped itself with a good set of novelties that serve to significantly expand its catalog of proposals for mobile gaming, now that this market, after several years of experiencing, now inexplicable , a stop from which we fortunately came out with by announcing the Steam Deck.

Since, as I say, they are several technology companies have decided to join them, mainly featuring its own console models, but also in Razer’s case with a much broader design, which also boasts that it hit the market before Valve revived it. I’m referring, of course, to the Kishi smartphone controllers, the first generation of which saw the light of day in 2021, and which, with the V2 generation in both their Android and iPhone versions, both introduced last year, have brought significant improvements. .

Another very interesting proposition, which was also announced last year and which went on sale in early 2023 in the United States, is the Razer Edge laptop, a portable console that may be more like a smartphone in shapebut it is delivered along with the Pro version of Kishi V2 for Androidwhich is undoubtedly an extremely versatile option, as we can use it at any time with or without a controller, according to our preferences.

Razer Edge

We’ll start with the latter to bring you the news that many have been waiting for and that’s it The Razer Edge is already on sale in Spain, as well as in the rest of the European continent, and also in the Asian market. As we already told you then, we are talking about a console specifically designed for streaming games, that is, in cloud services and for this purpose and through its management software (which is installed on Android so that we can use games from this operating system), we can configure the main services such as GeForce Now and Xbox Cloud.

Let’s take a moment to recall the technical specifications of this console:

• Screen: AMOLED 6.8 inches FullHD + (2400 x 1080), 144 Hz.
• Controller: Razer Kishi V2 Pro
• Sound: 2-way speakers with Verizon Adaptive Sound and THX Spatial Audio support, 2 digital microphones
• SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Gaming Platform
• RAM memory: 6 GB LPDDR5
• Storage: 128 GB UFS 3.1, expandable with MicroSD (up to two terabytes).
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2
• Battery: 5000 milliamps.
• Operating system: Android 12
• Dimensions and weight: 253 x 87 x 13.88 millimeters, 247 grams (without controller).

The Razer Edge is already on sale on the manufacturer’s website and its price is 499.99 euros.

Kishi V2 Pro

It may have caught your attention, if you’ve noticed, that I hinted that the Razer Edge includes the Kishi V2 Pro controller, which, as its name suggests, is a different version than the one that went on sale last year. In this case, we are really talking about an advanced controller, and this is the second novelty that the brand has announced, can also be purchased separately and is compatible with Android-equipped smartphones.

And what is the difference between the two controller models? Something that will please many a gamer is that this Kishi V2 Pro for Android, which can now be purchased separately, adds haptic feedback to all the features of the standard model, using proprietary HyperSense Haptics technology. Thanks to it, and in combination with the Razer Nexus software, we will get a similar feeling of response in the mobile game as offered by the controls for consoles and PC.

For Android, users can now choose between the Kishi V2 for Android, which is still part of Razer’s catalog and is priced at €119.99 (as is the iOS model with the same price), or opt for the Pro model with haptic feedback, which is already on sale and whose price is €149.99.

Razer Kishi V2

But there’s more news regarding the Kishi controllers, even though they’re aimed at the Canadian and US markets for now (though we can expect them to make the jump to that side of the pond at some point), and that’s that Razer and Microsoft are working on a collaboration which resulted in Xbox Edition driver version and that at the same time they retain all the characteristics associated with Kishi, with design elements that we can identify in an unmistakable way with Microsoft platform controllers.

iPhone users in Canada and the United States will be able to pick up the Razer Kishi V2 Xbox Edition for $119.99, while Android users are offered the Razer Kishi V2 Pro Xbox Edition for $149.99, both priced the same as their standard editions , but with the personalization that came from working with Microsoft.

As a final update that also applies to all Kishi and Edge users, Razer also recently updated the Nexus, a device management application. So Nexus 3.0 is already available on both the iOS App Store and Google Play for Android, so anyone using a Razer controller on their smartphone should make sure they’re updated to this new version.