Introducing Compact Mode
We’re excited to announce that Compact Mode is now out there in Sport Bar for Xbox Insiders. Compact Mode is a brand new expertise that simplifies Sport Bar, making it extra intuitive and simpler to navigate on small screens, Home windows handhelds, and when taking part in with a controller. To make use of this function, open Sport Bar, go to the Settings widget, below Basic, and activate the “Compact Mode” toggle.
Higher navigation on small screens and extra
With Compact Mode enabled, entry to widgets and navigation is simplified to make sure you will get entry to the content material you need as simply as potential. When utilizing a controller, you possibly can swap between widgets shortly with left and proper bumpers (LB/RB).
On the Residence widget, you possibly can view any working video games and lately performed video games. It’s also possible to entry widespread recreation launchers put in in your system equivalent to Xbox, Steam, Battle.web, EA Play, Riot Video games, and Ubisoft Join.
Now you can give up a recreation that’s working by going to the Residence widget and deciding on the sport and urgent shut, a sooner means than quitting from the sport or navigating out to Desktop. As well as, you possibly can leverage the Useful resource widget to shortly see what different functions are utilizing your gadget’s assets and shut them.
When the main target is on a widget icon within the navigation, you possibly can open the widget’s settings or shut the widget.
Lastly, you possibly can entry the Widget Retailer and open any put in widget by going to the widgets menu.
Easy methods to entry Compact Mode on Home windows gaming handheld PCs
For units that help customized bodily button mapping, you possibly can map a button to the WIN+G keyboard shortcut. Please confer with your gadget’s onboarding directions on remap a bodily button. To entry Sport Bar in your desktop, seek for “Sport Bar” within the taskbar and proper click on to pin to taskbar.
Share your suggestions
A brand new survey is out there here or within the Xbox Insider Hub (open or set up here for gamers enrolled within the PC Gaming preview) to present us your suggestions on Compact Mode for Sport Bar on Home windows PCs whereas it’s on preview. As a reminder, you possibly can all the time give us options for the app or go away suggestions by going to the Settings widget, below Suggestions, use the Sport Bar suggestions hyperlink. We sit up for listening to from you as we work to carry extra enhancements to Compact Mode so that you can get pleasure from seamless Xbox gaming experiences throughout all of your Home windows units.
Easy methods to get Xbox Insider help and share your suggestions
If you happen to’re an Xbox Insider on the lookout for help, please be a part of our neighborhood on the Xbox Insider subreddit. Official Xbox workers, moderators, and fellow Xbox Insiders are there to assist. We suggest including to threads with the identical subject earlier than posting a model new one. This helps us help you one of the best we are able to! Additionally, you possibly can present direct suggestions to Group Xbox by following the steps here below the “Report an issue on-line” part.
If you happen to aren’t a part of the Xbox Insider Program but and need to assist create the way forward for Xbox and get early entry to new options, be a part of the Program at present by downloading the Xbox Insider Hub for Xbox Series X|S & Xbox One or Windows PC.
For extra data on the Xbox Insider Program, observe us on Twitter at @XboxInsider. Keep watch over future Xbox Insider Launch Notes for extra data relating to the PC Gaming Preview.
Be aware: This function is being made out there to Xbox Insiders enrolled within the PC Gaming Preview.