How To Use Xbox Mode On Your Windows PC
Xbox mode doesn't reinvent the PC gaming experience, but it has a few nice touches.
Max Miller for Engadget
2026 is the year when Microsoft finally seemed to notice how nightmarish of an experience Windows 11 has become. Windows 11 has received updates to make it suck less and even new features to help it feel fresh.
One of the biggest new additions to Windows 11 is Xbox mode. It's hard not to see this as a response to Valve's SteamOS, which is increasingly spoken about in messianic tones by gamers hoping to jump ship from Microsoft's slop-laden ecosystem. When you activate Xbox mode on a PC, Windows ditches the taskbar and adopts a controller-friendly layout, dropping you into a redesigned Xbox app with all your game libraries loaded up.
Xbox mode started landingon Windows 11 PCs in May, so everyone who regularly installs updates should have it by...
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