- AMD has now ended driver support for Ryzen Z1 Extreme APUs, as confirmed by Lenovo Korea.
- The APUs aren’t even 3 years old and were notably featured in handhelds like the Lenovo Legion Go and the ASUS ROG Ally.
- On the flip side, Intel Meteor Lake APUs that were released in the same timeframe are still getting support, which is much better than AMD’s.
AMD has stopped launching software updates for its AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme APUs, over two and a half years after their launch. This move is surprising given that the majority of handheld consoles use this hardware, with the ASUS ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go being the most well-known examples.
Lenovo Korea confirms that the Legion Go handheld will not receive any new BIOS or graphics driver updates due to one simple reason: AMD has discontinued support. This is a severe issue when using an APU with integrated graphics.
Why it matters: With no support, users will miss out on performance gains, compatibility with future releases, and features that could be included in future software updates.
One user had contacted Lenovo after noticing that his Legion Go handheld hadn’t received any new chipset update since August 2025. After contacting the manufacturer, he received the message above.
While this does not appear to be a complete shutdown, it does indicate that AMD has chosen a considerably slower or “periodic” update pace. This means that since the last update in August 2025, the Lenovo Go hasn’t received any support updates, performance enhancements, or bug fixes in half a year.
In contrast, the Lenovo Legion Go S, released last year and based on the Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip, has still been receiving GPU driver updates since then.
In this approach, it appears that Lenovo Korea is forwarding user complaints to AMD, implying that they give both the most recent BIOS and driver upgrades provided by AMD. They even propose that these concerned consumers test alternative universal AMD drivers to see if they work with their hardware. Lenovo underlined that the Lenovo Legion Go and Legion Go S consoles’ drivers and BIOS are incompatible due to their distinct hardware.
It’s worth noting that AMD planned to discontinue graphics support for the AMD Radeon RX 5000 and RX 6000 GPUs in late 2025. However, they later clarified that it was all “a misunderstanding.” As a result, they would continue to support certain graphics card types based on AMD’s RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 architecture.
Given this context and the large number of customers with AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme or Z1 hardware, it is clear that the same event will occur again.
Meanwhile, handhelds such as the MSI Claw, which use Intel Meteor Lake processors released during the same period, are still receiving support. Just recently, they received support for Intel XeSS 3 and Intel’s latest frame rate and scaling technology. The Intel-based console was a better investment for these customers, owing to AMD’s intentional obsolescence.
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