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Microsoft has quietly begun delivering on a long-anticipated promise: an AI “sidekick” that can sit beside you while you play, analyze what’s on your screen, and offer step‑by‑step help — including tactics for beating a tough boss — without forcing you to alt‑tab or watch a long walkthrough...
Microsoft has begun rolling out Gaming Copilot (Beta) into the Windows 11 Game Bar, bringing a contextual, voice-enabled Copilot experience directly into PC gaming sessions and promising to fold achievement tracking, play-history insights, and screenshot-aware help into the same overlay that...
The first time you boot the Xbox full‑screen experience on a handheld Windows PC it feels, in practice, like someone surgically replaced the Windows desktop with a console‑style launcher — and the early hands‑on tests show that this is less about eye candy and more about real resource...
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Microsoft has begun rolling out Gaming Copilot — an AI-powered, in‑overlay assistant for players — into Windows 11 via the Xbox Game Bar, bringing voice-first help, screenshot-aware guidance, achievement tracking, and personalized recommendations directly into the play session.
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Microsoft’s new handheld-focused “Xbox mode” for Windows 11 is already being run on existing Windows handhelds — in some cases by users who have forced the mode early via Insider/Release Preview builds and system tweaks — giving owners of devices like the original ASUS ROG Ally and other Windows...
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Microsoft’s Gaming Copilot has quietly moved from phone screens into full desktop overlays — and yes, that includes Samsung’s Galaxy Book Ultra and other Windows 11 laptops that meet the basic requirements. The AI assistant now appears as a widget in Windows 11’s Game Bar, offers a hands‑free...
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Microsoft has begun rolling out Gaming Copilot — an AI-powered, in‑overlay assistant for players — into the Xbox experience on Windows 11, inserting a voice‑enabled, screenshot‑aware helper into the Game Bar that promises context-sensitive guidance, achievement lookups, and personalized game...
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Microsoft has begun rolling out Gaming Copilot (Beta) to Windows PCs via the Xbox Game Bar, an in‑overlay AI assistant that promises real‑time, voice‑first help, screenshot‑aware guidance, achievement tracking, and personalized game recommendations — with mobile Xbox app support scheduled for...
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Microsoft’s Xbox Copilot branding is surfacing in two very different ways across the PC ecosystem this month — one familiar and hardware-focused, the other new and AI-driven — and the overlap is creating both promising accessibility gains and real confusion about what’s actually available to...
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Microsoft’s new Xbox “Full Screen Experience” for handheld Windows PCs is no longer just marketing copy on a press release — enthusiasts are already running it on older hardware, and early tests show real, measurable gains and equally real caveats that matter for anyone who owns a handheld...
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Microsoft has quietly reworked the Xbox app on Windows 11 into a genuine one‑stop hub for PC gaming, and the implications reach well beyond a refreshed launcher: the app now aggregates installed titles from multiple storefronts, lets you launch non‑Microsoft games without opening third‑party...
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Microsoft’s long‑promised AI sidekick for players is finally rolling into the PC Game Bar: Xbox’s Gaming Copilot — marketed simply as Xbox Copilot or Gaming Copilot (Beta) — is being deployed to Windows PC users via the Xbox Game Bar starting today, with an Xbox mobile release planned for...
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Microsoft has quietly delivered on a long-teased promise: an AI assistant that can sit beside you while you play, answer questions out loud, analyze what’s on your screen, and help you track achievements — and it’s now rolling out to Windows 11 via the PC Game Bar as Gaming Copilot. The rollout...
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Microsoft’s new full‑screen Xbox experience for Windows handhelds—sold as a controller‑first, console‑style shell—has begun appearing on existing Windows handheld PCs ahead of the ROG Xbox Ally family’s retail debut, with enthusiasts enabling the interface via Windows 11 25H2 preview builds and...
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Microsoft's new handheld-focused, full‑screen Xbox interface for Windows 11 can already be unlocked on many in‑market Windows handhelds thanks to a Release Preview of the Windows 11 25H2 update and a handful of community-discovered switches — meaning you don't have to wait for the ROG Xbox...
Microsoft and ASUS have accelerated the handheld-PC arms race by shipping the ROG Xbox Ally family with a purpose-built Xbox full‑screen experience layered on Windows 11 — and, crucially, that same console‑like launcher is already being enabled on many existing Windows handhelds via the Windows...
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Microsoft has quietly folded an AI coach into the Windows 11 Game Bar: Gaming Copilot (branded as Xbox Copilot in some builds) is rolling out to Xbox Insiders now, promising voice, screenshot and context-aware help without leaving the game — and the early beta exposes both a practical leap in...