MSI has officially announced its next crack at handheld gaming is here with the Lunar Lake-powered MSI Claw 7 AI Plus and MSI Claw 8 AI Plus. The two Windows-based handhelds come with 32GB of RAM and larger batteries than their predecessors.

After the last model launched with a long list of shortcomings, MSI has two new models with 7-inch and 8-inch screens.

MSI's second generation Claw PC gaming handhelds are here with the new Claw 8 AI+ and Claw 7 AI+ powered by the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V 'Lunar Lake' APU.

Pre-orders are now open for MSI's Claw 7 AI+ and 8 AI+. The successors of the handheld gaming PC the company released in March are equipped

MSI officially launched its MSI Claw 8 AI+ and Claw 7 AI+ gaming handhelds, both powered by an Intel Core Ultra 7 285V chip.

The first MSI Claw handheld gaming PC wasn’t very well received when it launched earlier this year as the first (and only) model in the space to feature an Intel Meteor Lake processor and Intel Arc integrated graphics.

Arguably the most exciting upgrade for the Claw 8 AI+ is the battery, which is a full 80 watt-hours, same as the ASUS ROG Ally X. We found laptops based on Lunar Lake to have superior battery life versus the already-impressive efficiency of AMD's "Phoenix",

If you find the concept of MSI's Claw alluring but aren't very impressed with its power and software, the new Claw 7 AI and Claw 8 AI might be worth a look, even with the annoying AI namedrop in there.