The brand appears to be putting a temporary pause on new smartphone development, but it may be more permanent.
Asus won’t release any new smartphones in 2026, and that may signal the brand’s exit from the Android space altogether.
Asus chairman, Jonney Shih, confirmed the news at an event in Taiwan on Jan. 16. According to a machine-translated version of quotes reported by Inside, Shih said, “Asus will no longer add new mobile phone models in the future.»
This matches with a previous report from DigiTimes earlier in January that said Asus had confirmed it wouldn’t introduce new models in 2026. The big question is whether that means stepping back altogether or a temporary pause.
In the same speech, Shih alluded to the possibility that it may not be done entirely with smartphones, but fell short of confirming that it would return to Android devices at a later date.
