Windows 11 has a brand-new sneak peek build which generates a wise function for individuals who like to use their Xbox controller to play video games on the PC.
The brand-new sneak peek build 22616 (for the dev and beta channels) is primarily everything about a lot of small modifications and repairs, with one significant addition that’s targeted at gamers in the type of a brand-new controller bar.
Said controller bar supplies a compact view of the Xbox Game Bar and permits you to quickly access your most just recently played video games– the last 3 you have actually run exist on the bar– or undoubtedly just recently utilized launchers. So, if you wish to fire up Steam once again, for example, that capability is simply a button press away.
The controller bar can be conjured up by striking the Xbox button on your controller, and testers will see it appear the very first time they link an Xbox controller to their Windows 11 PC (if they remain in the dev or beta channels running this most current build, naturally– and you should likewise be running variation 5.722.5022.0 or much better of Xbox Game Bar; hop over to the Microsoft Store to inspect for updates).
If you’re playing a video game and you push the Xbox button, this will raise the Xbox Game Bar that you’re utilized to seeing in-game.
Microsoft has complete guidelines of how to get up and keeping up this controller bar in build 22616 if you’re stuck in any method.
Analysis: Get your feedback in– and have a look at the crucial repairs here, too
The brand-new controller bar is in early sneak peek, naturally, so at this moment anybody diving in with the function can anticipate some bugginess. Indeed, Microsoft observes there are some video games which might disappoint up in the just recently played list of video games– and you may see defects where some titles appear two times– and as ever, do not hesitate to report anything going awry in the Feedback Hub (under Gaming > > Xbox Game Bar).
Suggestions for enhancement will undoubtedly be welcome, no doubt, and one we have actually currently seen aired online is the possible addition of a low battery alerting to the controller bar, to let you understand when you remain in risk of lacking juice.
We likewise pointed out that build 22616 provides a reasonable old dollop of repairs, and there are services for some irritating concerns here, consisting of a huge shift with the system tray, with the modifications generated with build 22581 having actually been dropped. Microsoft states the system tray– and the ‘Show hidden icons’ flyout, which had actually gone missing for some testers– has actually been gone back to work as it did when Windows 11 initially came out.
Some reports on Reddit (such as this one) appear to recommend that this brand-new build likewise repairs a bothersome mistake code some folks have actually been running up versus, stopping them from setting up fresh sneak peek variations of Windows 11– however there are likewise individuals stating this gremlin is still around.
