Lenovo is getting ready to launch a new lightweight handheld aimed squarely at cloud gaming and game streaming.

The company has confirmed that the Legion C700 will drop on August 25 in China. Unlike most Windows handhelds that try to run heavy games locally, this one is built for streaming and cloud play, so it can stay much more portable.

Official teasers say the C700 works with Tencent START cloud gaming. Games like Black Myth: Wukong can hit up to 60 FPS with end-to-end RTT latency under 10ms. Lenovo has also baked in its own streaming software with deep optimizations that try to feel as close as possible to playing on a regular gaming platform.

On the hardware side, it packs a 7.82″, 120Hz IPS LCD screen. The whole thing weighs about 556 grams and is only 14.9 mm thick, nearly 300 grams lighter than your typical Windows handheld. Controls include a TMR sensor joystick (the kind that resists drift), Hall-effect linear triggers for finer input, an omnidirectional D-Pad, two back buttons, and a pair of small shoulder buttons. Everything can be custom-mapped.

It runs Lenovo’s own streaming software. You get one-click streaming plus offline and high-speed streaming modes. There’s also a custom management centre that lets you pull up widgets for real-time performance monitoring and quickly tweak controller settings, fan speed, and screen options. From the performance widget you can fine-tune stick sensitivity, remap buttons, and switch game modes on the fly.

Full pricing, processor details, and the rest of the specs are expected to drop during the August 25 launch event.

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(Source: Lenovo Legion on Weibo)

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