Acer’s new concept hardware is a gaming handheld with a keyboard

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="Acer has invented… the laptop." data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/acer-project-dualplay-mini-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Acer has invented… the laptop. </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">For the last few years, PC gamers on the go have had a choice: Buy a gaming laptop, or pick up one of the many Steam Deck-inspired handhelds that are a fraction of the size but a lot less versatile. Acer's latest concept device, Project DualPlay Mini, is an attempt to upend that dichotomy by sticking a keyboard in a handheld.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The DualPlay Mini is first and foremost a Windows gaming handheld, cut from the same cloth as Acer's existing <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/938692/intel-arc-g3-extreme-handheld-gaming">Predator Atlas 8</a> (which is <a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/988016/a-smaller-atlas-handheld">being joined this week by a new 7-inch model</a>). In its default configuration, the handheld's screen is flanked by analog sticks, a D-pad, and Xbox-style ABXY face buttons, plus two tri …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/988029/acer-project-dualplay-mini-concept-gaming-handheld-keyboard-ifa">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>