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Microsoft’s next living‑room console is increasingly being described not as a sealed, custom operating‑system appliance but as a TV‑focused Windows 11 PC that boots into a console‑style interface — driven by the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE), co‑engineered AMD silicon, and a new emphasis on...

Microsoft’s experiment of running a console-style front end on top of Windows has moved from experiment to strategic roadmap: Microsoft is reportedly preparing “major updates” to the Xbox PC app and the Windows 11 Full Screen Experience (FSE) so the next full-size Xbox can present a...

Microsoft’s next Xbox may arrive less like a traditional closed console and more like a TV‑focused Windows 11 PC with a console‑style front end, according to multiple reports and Microsoft’s own preview work — a shift that would place the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) and the Xbox PC app at...

Microsoft’s next Xbox may arrive less like a closed, bespoke console and more like a TV‑focused Windows 11 PC with a console‑style shell layered on top — a shift that could change how players, developers, and retailers think about the platform. Recent reporting and platform moves point to...

Microsoft’s plan to fold a console‑style Xbox shell into a Windows 11 core is no longer just rumor — it’s a visible program of work, preview builds, and executive signals that point to a deliberate strategy: build the next Xbox as a high‑end, Windows‑powered, console‑like device that can also...

Windows 11 has quietly — and deliberately — recast itself as a platform built around play, stacking system-level features, developer tooling, and a console-like user experience to make the PC the place to game. What began as a set of headline features like Auto HDR and DirectStorage has matured...

Microsoft’s latest Canary-channel drop — Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1362 (KB5073095) — extends the company’s experimental platform work with a mix of visible user-facing features and a broad set of reliability fixes aimed at gamers, Copilot+ devices, and power users testing handheld...

Microsoft has quietly pushed a fresh Canary-channel build of Windows 11 that lays bare the company’s next set of experiments: deeper Copilot integration, an expanded context-aware “Click to Do” AI surface, a console-style full-screen gaming shell for handheld PCs, and a raft of UI and recovery...

Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1362 (KB5073095) to the Canary Channel, a compact but consequential flight that widens the Xbox-led Full Screen Experience, tightens Copilot-driven interactions, and delivers a raft of File Explorer, Settings, and peripheral refinements...

Microsoft has pushed a fresh Canary-channel preview — Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1362 (KB 5073095) — that pairs visible UX polish with a broad set of device-gated, Copilot+ AI features and a raft of stability fixes targeted at common File Explorer, Taskbar, and sign‑in problems. The...

Microsoft has folded a console‑style front door into Windows 11: the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) delivers a controller‑first, full‑screen gaming shell that can boot as your session’s launcher and trim desktop overhead to prioritize play. Background Microsoft introduced the Full Screen...

Windows 11’s gaming story in 2025 reads less like an incremental update and more like a deliberate course correction: handhelds that behave like consoles, meaningful progress for Windows on Arm, and DirectX features that make ray tracing and AI-driven rendering practical beyond demos. These...

Microsoft’s latest pledge to sharpen Windows 11 for gaming in 2026 marks a deliberate shift from feature marketing to system-level engineering — a promise that could change how handhelds, laptops, and desktops prioritize games over background tasks and make Windows a stronger competitor in the...

Microsoft’s Full Screen Experience (FSE) for Windows 11 is rolling out beyond the ROG Ally and into regular PCs via Insider builds — and early hands‑on tests show a consistent pattern: about 1–2 GB of user‑space memory is reclaimed in console mode, the UI feels smoother and more...

Microsoft has quietly given Windows 11 a console-like persona: the new Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) transforms supported PCs into a controller-first, distraction-free gaming shell that boots straight into the Xbox app and trims desktop overhead to free memory and simplify navigation. This...

Microsoft has quietly folded a console‑style front door into Windows 11: the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) — a controller‑first, full‑screen shell that began life on Xbox‑designed handhelds — is now available to Windows Insiders in the Dev and Beta channels and is rolling out to supported...

Microsoft’s console‑style Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) — the controller‑first, full‑screen Xbox PC app shell that debuted on the ROG Xbox Ally — is now available more broadly and can be enabled on many Windows 11 machines, either through the supported Insider path or via community unlocks...

Microsoft’s latest preview cumulative, KB5070311 (OS builds 26200.7309 and 26100.7309), delivers a focused set of feature updates and user-experience polish for Windows 11—with the headline being a wider rollout of the Full Screen Experience (FSE) to more handheld Windows 11 devices, plus input...

Microsoft’s quietly rolling update to Windows 11 Insider build 26220.7271 quietly fixes one of handheld gaming’s most nagging UX problems: you can now see whether your most recent save is already backed up to the cloud before you load a game. Background Microsoft introduced the Xbox Full‑Screen...

Microsoft’s new Full Screen Experience (FSE) for Windows 11 is more than a UI tweak — it’s an engineering play that trims desktop overhead, reclaims memory, and stitches a console‑style front door onto the Windows platform in preparation for a more unified Xbox–PC future. Early measurements and...