Lexar Ships Up to 1TB PLAY microSDXC Express Card for use with Nintendo Switch 2

Lexar Co. Ltd. shipping 1TB microSD Express card for use with Nintendo Switch 2.

Built on the new SD card standard that combines PCI Express 3.0 and NVMe 1.3 interfaces, the PLAY PRO microSDXC Express Card delivers substantially improved performance, perfect for handheld gaming devices.

The PLAY PRO microSDXC Express card delivers 4x the performance to significantly level-up handheld gaming

With up to 900MB/s read and 600MB/s write ⁽¹⁾, the PLAY PRO microSDXC Express card offers the fastest speeds in the microSD Express card format and gives gamers an epic performance power-up that delivers faster game loads and accelerated downloads. With capacity up to 1TB, ^(***) it also offers space for many large AAA games. It is backwards-compatible with UHS-I and UHS-II host devices (at UHS-I speeds), but future-proofed for tomorrow’s cutting-edge handheld gaming systems and other upcoming devices that will leverage this next-gen technology.

The PLAY PRO microSDXC Express card also comes with a limited lifetime warranty ^(**) and lifetime access to the Lexar Recovery Tool, ^(****) which customers can use to restore accidentally deleted or formatted files.

“The new microSD Express standard offers us a way to deliver a memory card with incomparable performance in that form factor,” said Joey Lopez, director, brand marketing. “We’re excited to create a card for our customers that leverages the benefits of this new standard and prepares gamers for the next generation of handheld gaming.”

The PLAY PRO microSDXC Express card is available in 1TB for an MSRP of $199.99, 512GB for an MSRP of $99.99, and 256GB for an MSRP of $49.99. Available at Amazon webstore.

^(*) Speeds based on internal testing. Actual performance may vary. Maximum speeds reached only when used with a microSD Express host device.
^(**) Maximum write speeds reached only paired with the Lexar microSD Express card reader.
^(***) 1GB=1,000,000,000 bytes. 1TB=1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Actual user storage less.
^(****) Download required. See for details.