Microsoft is changing how Xbox controllers work on Windows 11

Microsoft has started investigating a alteration to however Xbox controllers run connected Windows 11. The alteration volition let Xbox controllers to easy entree the Task View connected Windows 11 to tab betwixt apps and games, utilizing the Xbox button.

“A caller alteration we’re introducing is erstwhile you agelong property the Xbox button, it volition unfastened Task View,” explains Microsoft’s Windows Insider team. “Pressing and holding the Xbox fastener continues to crook disconnected the crippled controller.”

The alteration volition align Xbox controllers with the enactment Microsoft is doing for handheld gaming PCs with Windows 11. The upcoming Xbox Ally devices volition person an Xbox button, which opens a handheld-friendly task switcher with a agelong press. Microsoft has tweaked the task switcher connected handhelds truthful it has caller animations, and it’s not wide if this aforesaid interface volition travel to each Windows 11 gaming PCs.

You tin already usage a azygous property of the Xbox fastener connected handhelds oregon controllers to unfastened the Game Bar successful Windows 11, and entree widgets, games, and show information. Microsoft has started investigating this alteration with Windows Insiders successful the Dev Channel, truthful they should beryllium disposable to each Windows 11 users successful the coming months.