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ASUS Announces three exciting products focused on Lifestyle and Gaming for India

KEY POINTS

  • Lyra Voice - A three-in-one Triband router with built-in Amazon Alexa and a Bluetooth speaker with stereo speakers
  • ROG Rapture GT-AC2900 — World’s first RGB Gaming Router designed to meet the distinct needs of PC, console and mobile gamers
  • VG258QR and 27-inch VG278QR — AMD FreeSync and NVIDIA G-SYNC™ compatible certified Full HD gaming monitors with an ultrafast 165Hz refresh rate and 0.5ms response time

Mumbai, India, July 11, 2019 - ASUS today announced three exciting products specially focused on the Lifestyle, Smart home and Gaming Market in India. Lyra Voice, an all-in-one home network solution featuring an integrated 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5) Triband Wi-Fi router, Amazon Alexa and Bluetooth stereo speakers. The Rapture GT-AC2900 is an 802.11ac RGB Wi-Fi gaming router designed to meet the distinct needs of PC, console and mobile gamers. “At ROG, gaming has been our forte for over 12 years. With technology constantly evolving, we try to map intricate details that will give every PC gamer the edge while using our products. Lyra voice is yet another example of this technological evolution that will become a part of ASUS’s smart home portfolio alongside AI and Robotics. 2019 will see many such launches in India thus reinforcing our position as an industry leader in the Gaming and Lifestyle segment.” – Mr. Vinay Shetty, Regional Director – Components Business – India & South Asia.

Lyra Voice

Lyra Voice supports operation in three types of WiFi modes: as an AiMesh router or node, as a stand-alone router and as a universal WiFi repeater. ASUS AiMesh technology lets users create a seamless, whole-home WiFi system with any combination of compatible ASUS routers. As an AiMesh router, Lyra Voice enables users to easily create a powerful, seamless and flexible whole-home WiFi system.

Prices:

Lyra Voice – INR 24990

ROG Rapture GT-AC2900

The Rapture GT-AC2900 is an 802.11ac Wi-Fi gaming router designed to meet the distinct needs of PC, console and mobile gamers. ROG Rapture GT-AC2900 comes with multiple features, including triple-level game acceleration, that give PC gamers full control over their network, from their PC to the game server, to reduce ping times and deliver low-latency gameplay. It is also recommended by NVIDIA for use with GeForce NOW to provide the best cloud-gaming experience.

Prices:

Rapture GT-AC 2900 – INR 23900

ASUS VG278QR & VG258QR

ASUS is currently the only company subjecting monitors to a two-stage certification process that entails in-house testing and subsequent validation by NVIDIA to guarantee compatibility with thousands of graphics cards. Eight ASUS monitors spanning a variety of screen sizes and resolutions have achieved full compliance, giving consumers more freedom to upgrade existing systems or team components for new builds. Both the monitors are compatible with AMD’s FreeSync technology as well.

Prices:

VG258QR – INR 26500

VG278QR – INR 31500

PRESS CONTACTS

Lysander Fernandes

Manager – Corporate Marketing and PR

Lysander_fernandes@asus.com

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About ASUS

ASUS is one of Fortune magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies, and is dedicated to creating products for today and tomorrow’s smart life. Our comprehensive portfolio includes Zenbo, ZenFone, ZenBook and a range of IT devices and components, along with AR, VR and IoT. ASUS employs more than 16,000 people worldwide and over 5,000 world-class R&D talents. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, the company won 4,511 awards and earned approximately US$13 billion of revenue in 2017.