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Tested: First look at the new Xbox Mode for Windows 11 PCs with console-style gaming UI

Microsoft confirms Xbox Mode for Windows 11 PCs coming in 2026, and I tested the new console-style gaming interface on a ...

Windows 11’s Steam Deck-ish, streamlined Xbox gaming UI comes to all PCs in April

When Asus and Microsoft launched the ROG Xbox Ally X last summer, it came with a bespoke controller-driven full-screen ...
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Microsoft confirms Windows 11 Start menu performance boost, shift to WinUI from web-based components

Microsoft confirms Windows 11 Start menu will shift from React to WinUI, reducing latency and improving performance as part ...

Windows 11 "Xbox Mode" UI coming to all PCs in April

The Windows full-screen experience, now called "Xbox Mode," will exit beta next month in select territories. The new ...

Microsoft to bring its console interface to Windows 11 PCs with 'Xbox Mode'

Xbox Mode brings new full-screen interface designed for controller-based gaming will, expanding Xbox FSE beyond handhelds such as Asus ROG Xbox Ally ...

Windows 11 PCs are all getting Xbox mode from April — here's why that's important to PC gamers

The rollout of Windows 11's new Xbox mode has been met with both excitement and skepticism.

Microsoft's full screen 'Xbox Mode' will roll out to Windows 11 PCs in April

Microsoft first debuted its full screen Xbox experience for Windows in the ROG Ally Xbox handheld, in a bid to compete with Steam's nearly 15-year-old Big Picture Mode. That Xbox interface eventually ...

Microsoft delays preview of Windows 11's new Taskbar agenda view

Microsoft's upcoming agenda view for the Taskbar on Windows 11 has been pushed back, with the first preview now expected to debut "in the coming months" ...