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 characteristic, open Sport Bar, go to the Settings widget, beneath Common, 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 may get entry to the content material you need as simply as potential. When utilizing a controller, you possibly can change between widgets rapidly with left and proper bumpers (LB/RB).
On the Residence widget, you possibly can view any operating video games and not too long ago performed video games. You may also entry widespread recreation launchers put in in your system equivalent to Xbox, Steam, Battle.internet, EA Play, Riot Video games, and Ubisoft Join.
Now you can give up a recreation that’s operating by going to the Residence widget and deciding on the sport and urgent shut, a sooner method than quitting from the sport or navigating out to Desktop. As well as, you possibly can leverage the Useful resource widget to rapidly see what different functions are utilizing your gadget’s sources and shut them.
When the main focus 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.
The right way to entry Compact Mode on Home windows gaming handheld PCs
For gadgets that assist 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 easy methods to 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 offered right here or within the Xbox Insider Hub (open or set up right here for gamers enrolled within the PC Gaming preview) to provide us your suggestions on Compact Mode for Sport Bar on Home windows PCs whereas it’s on preview. As a reminder, you possibly can at all times give us recommendations for the app or depart suggestions by going to the Settings widget, beneath 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 gadgets.
The right way to get Xbox Insider assist and share your suggestions
Should you’re an Xbox Insider searching for assist, please be a part of our neighborhood on the Xbox Insider subreddit. Official Xbox employees, 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 assist you the perfect we are able to! Additionally, you possibly can present direct suggestions to Staff Xbox by following the steps right here beneath the “Report an issue on-line” part.
Should you aren’t a part of the Xbox Insider Program but and wish to assist create the way forward for Xbox and get early entry to new options, be a part of the Program right now by downloading the Xbox Insider Hub for Xbox Collection X|S & Xbox One or Home windows PC.
For extra info on the Xbox Insider Program, observe us on Twitter at @XboxInsider. Regulate future Xbox Insider Launch Notes for extra info concerning the PC Gaming Preview.
Be aware: This characteristic is being made out there to Xbox Insiders enrolled within the PC Gaming Preview.
