Inside the Nintendo Switch 2 hardware specs

The complete reveal of the Nintendo Swap 2 was largely centered on all the brand new video games you may play. The {hardware} specs weren’t the main focus, however Nintendo dropped an in depth listing of what’s contained in the Swap 2 on its web site, and later offered much more detailed tech specs. Most of what we knew from the unique announcement video and a few leaks turned out to be true: It’s a much bigger, higher handheld console with a full slate of upgraded {hardware}.

Right here’s what we now know, specs-wise, in regards to the Nintendo Swap 2.

The unique base mannequin of the Nintendo Swap is roughly 4 inches excessive and 9.4 inches lengthy (with Pleasure-Cons connected), in line with Nintendo’s official system specs. Swap 2 is a bit greater at 6.5 inches excessive and 10.7 inches lengthy (additionally with Pleasure-Cons connected). The bigger dimension additionally makes the Swap 2 weigh about 1.18 lbs, which is a bit heavier than the .88-lbs unique Swap. For an additional reference: That’s rather less than the Steam Deck LCD’s 1.5-lbs weight.

Swap 2’s capacitive contact display is 7.9 inches — greater than each the unique Swap (6.2 inches) and the Swap OLED (7 inches) — nevertheless it’s again to LCD.

The brand new show additionally received a bump in decision to 1080p (from 720p) and helps a variable refresh fee (VRR) as much as 120 Hz. HDR10 help is coming too, however Nintendo didn’t specify any of the fantastic particulars on the display’s brightness so it won’t be as spectacular as one thing just like the Steam Deck OLED. And whereas it’s technically not a characteristic of the display itself, the thinner bezel ought to make it simply really feel greater as nicely.

Swap 2’s new Pleasure-Cons work a bit in another way than the unique Swap. They magnetically connect to the perimeters of the console and don’t produce that satisfying snap like they used to. The unique Pleasure-Cons weigh round 1.7 ounces (left) and 1.8 ounces (proper), and the brand new ones weigh round 2.3 ounces (left) and a couple of.4 ounces (proper). That may be as a result of the Swap 2’s Pleasure-Cons have a mouse sensor that permits you to flip them on their facet and slide them round, and the brand new C button for GameChat. Whereas Nintendo says that Pleasure-Con 2 controllers don’t characteristic Corridor-effect joystick know-how, “The management sticks for Pleasure-Con 2 controllers have been redesigned and have improved in areas comparable to sturdiness,” the corporate says.

Along with a mouse sensor, every Pleasure-Con 2 has a built-in accelerometer and gyroscope. The Pleasure-Con 2 controllers have wi-fi connectivity by way of Bluetooth 3.0, and the correct one has NFC wi-fi connectivity.

Nintendo says the Pleasure-Con 2 controllers have roughly 20 hours price of battery life, and require roughly 3.5 hours to totally cost.

Swap 2 has 256 GB of flash storage, significantly greater than the unique Swap’s 32 GB of storage.

If that sounds a bit small for you, you may nonetheless increase the storage with an SD card. The unique Swap supported microSDHC and microSDXC (UHS-I) playing cards as much as 2 TB, whereas the Swap 2 helps as much as 2 TB microSD Specific playing cards, which provide a lot sooner learn speeds.

Swap 2 is powered by a “customized processor made by Nvidia,” Nintendo says. In response to leaked particulars gleaned from the console’s motherboard, it’s supposedly a customized Tegra T239 processor. That will put the system’s processing energy on par with previous-generation consoles just like the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, in line with analysts. However leaks counsel the Swap 2 will make use of upscaling know-how that may increase 720p decision visuals as much as 4K when docked, utilizing machine studying strategies.

Moreover, Swap 2 is rumored to have 12 GB of RAM.

Swap 2 incorporates a port for recreation cartridges, two USB-C ports, and a 3.5 mm headphone jack. The USB-C port on the underside of the console is only for charging and connecting to the dock. A slot for expanded microSD storage seems to be tucked away beneath the Swap 2’s kickstand, just like the unique Swap.

Swap 2 has a built-in microphone that can primarily be used for its Discord-like GameChat characteristic. It has noise cancellation, echo cancellation, and auto acquire management so that you don’t must fuss with settings for it to select up everybody within the room.

Swap 2’s battery will final round 2 to six.5 hours relying on the video games you play. That’s truly a tiny bit lower than the launch Swap 1 fashions, which may run from 2.6 to six.5 hours, and significantly lower than the up to date fashions that final 4.5 to 9 hours. Blame the Swap 2’s greater and higher display for making you cost it a bit extra typically. Fortunately, it may be charged as much as full in the identical three hours it took the unique consoles (whereas in sleep mode).

Nintendo can even let Swap 2 house owners set the system’s battery cost to decelerate at “round 90%” to protect the system’s battery life.

Swap 2 helps Wi-Fi 6 connectivity, which ought to make downloading video games sooner when you have a beefy web connection. It additionally means screen-sharing your video games over GameChat ought to be easy, too. Alternatively, the Swap 2 dock has a wired Ethernet port built-in, not like the unique Swap which required a totally separate adapter.

Swap 2’s dock appears to be like so much like the unique Swap’s dock, nevertheless it’s a bit greater to match the dimensions of the brand new console. It is available in at 4.5 inches tall, 7.9 inches large, and a couple of inches thick. On the again, there are 2 USB ports, an HDMI port, and an Ethernet port. And whenever you slide your system into it, it’s going to output video as much as 4K at 60 frames per second to your TV.

Swap 2 affords a pair new accessibility choices that weren’t out there on the unique Swap, together with textual content sizing and text-to-speech. It’s also possible to activate speech-to-text and text-to-speech particularly for GameChat. And like the unique Swap, you may nonetheless remap controller buttons, change the show colours, zoom into the display, and swap the audio from stereo to mono.