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    Xbox Full-Screen Experience on Windows 11 Handhelds with ROG Ally and 25H2

    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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    Windows 11: Three-Mode Xbox Button Remap for Controller-First Play

    Microsoft has quietly remapped how the Xbox button behaves when an Xbox controller is paired with Windows 11, and the change—now rolling out to Windows Insiders—has immediate practical benefits for controller-first play and deeper strategic implications for handheld gaming on PC. Background /...
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    Windows 11 Insider: Xbox Button Long Press Opens Task View, Short Press Opens Game Bar

    Microsoft has quietly repurposed the Xbox button on gamepads when used with Windows 11 Insiders: a long press now opens Task View while a short press still launches the Game Bar, and a press-and-hold continues to power down the controller — a small but practical tweak rolling out to Dev and Beta...
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    Windows 11 Insider: Xbox Button Maps to Game Bar, Task View, and Power Off

    Microsoft is quietly remapping the Xbox controller’s central Guide/Xbox button on Windows 11 so a short press still opens the Game Bar, a long press opens Task View, and a sustained press continues to power the controller off—an apparently small change that has outsized implications for...
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    Xbox Series X|S Legacy and the Windows-First Hardware Era

    Carl Ledbetter’s short, reflective note about the Xbox Series X and Series S is less a farewell than a bookmark: an acknowledgment that one clearly defined hardware era is closing even as Microsoft’s ambition to expand “what Xbox means” accelerates into new form factors and a Windows‑centric...
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