Microsoft will begin rolling out its new Xbox Full Display Expertise (FSE) to Home windows-based handhelds on November twenty first. The complete display screen mode for the Xbox app initially shipped on the Xbox Ally units final month, offering a extra console-like navigation expertise on prime of Home windows 11.
Whereas Microsoft launched a preview to MSI Claw models final month, it’s now making the Xbox Full Display Expertise typically accessible to all Home windows-based handhelds. Microsoft is also expanding Xbox FSE “to extra Home windows 11 PC kind elements by the Xbox and Home windows Insider packages.”
The Xbox FSE doesn’t load the complete Home windows desktop or a bunch of background processes, liberating up extra reminiscence for video games. It’s primarily not loading the Explorer shell and saving round 2GB of reminiscence by suppressing all of the pointless elements of a typical Home windows 11 set up.
In the event you resolve to allow Xbox FSE in your handheld or PC, it’ll launch you straight into the Xbox PC app at boot, which incorporates your whole PC video games from the Microsoft Retailer, Battle.internet, Steam, and different storefronts. There’s additionally a Recreation Bar for navigating between video games and launchers, and a job view that’s designed to be extra handheld-friendly.
To activate Xbox FSE on a suitable handheld, go to Settings > Gaming > Full display screen expertise, then choose Xbox as your property app.
