TL;DR: Microsoft's new Xbox Fullscreen Experience app, designed for handheld Windows 11 25H2 gaming PCs, optimizes system resources by disabling non-gaming functions, freeing up about 1GB of RAM.

Microsoft has started testing another handheld-friendly addition to its Xbox app, allowing PC gamers to quickly install and launch third-party apps like browsers, gaming utilities, and even rival ...

Xbox Mode has improved quite a bit since its launch several months ago.

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Microsoft's Xbox Full Screen Experience (or FSE) for Windows 11 debuted with the ROG Xbox Ally gaming handhelds last month, marking the first time the OS ...

Xbox mode for Windows 11 is finally out of preview, and it brings some genuinely useful features. Windows bloat is still very much along for the ride, though.

As Microsoft works its way to releasing the next generation Xbox (not slated to arrive until 2027), the company is also aiming to make the Xbox platform a one-stop shop for gamers. On Monday, ...

PC gaming has long been dominated by systems with Intel or AMD processors and discrete GPUs from NVIDIA or AMD. But that’s starting to change in a few ways. Integrated GPUs are getting good enough ...

This is important because: Windows handhelds often feel like tiny PCs. This mode treats them like consoles, which is how most people want to play on a seven-inch screen. It also gives Microsoft a ...

Braver PC users than I have taken the plunge and unlocked Microsoft’s new Windows 11 “Xbox Mode”. Announced alongside the new ROG Xbox Ally handhelds, it shuts off processes and software that operate ...

This is an Xbox. If you’re reading these words on any kind of web-connected screen, especially if it’s a Windows PC, Microsoft wants you to think that. To double down on its everything, everywhere, ...

Xbox is turning 25 this year, and Microsoft is celebrating with one of the most exciting updates Windows gamers have been waiting for. Starting in April, Xbox mode will be rolling out to Windows 11 on ...