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Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider preview has pushed handheld Windows gaming into a new, console‑like direction — and the MSI Claw 8 AI is one of the first devices to show what that future looks like in practice. Background / Overview Microsoft introduced a purpose‑built, controller‑first...

Microsoft has quietly widened the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) beyond the ROG Xbox Ally family, rolling the console‑style, controller‑first shell out to additional Windows 11 handhelds via the Windows Insider Preview — most notably the MSI Claw — and exposing the path that will let more...

Microsoft’s console‑style Xbox full screen experience (FSE) is no longer an ROG exclusive: the interface is now rolling out to MSI Claw handhelds via the Windows 11 Insider Preview, with Microsoft confirming that additional OEMs will enable FSE on their handheld PCs in the coming months. This is...

Microsoft has quietly opened the door for MSI Claw owners to run Microsoft's Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) on Windows 11 handhelds, rolling the feature out through the Windows Insider program and giving handheld gamers an opt‑in, console‑style launcher that aims to reduce background overhead...

Microsoft has quietly expanded the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) to include MSI’s Claw family, and owners who don’t mind Insider Preview software can now boot their Claw into a console‑style, controller‑first launcher by updating to the right Windows 11 preview build and enabling the feature...

Microsoft has quietly expanded its Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) to include MSI’s Claw family of Windows handhelds, and owners can enable a console‑style, controller‑first launcher by running the right Windows 11 Insider Preview build and updating the Xbox PC app. Background / Overview The...

Microsoft’s new full‑screen, controller‑first “Xbox” experience for Windows 11 — the mode shipping on the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally family — is not just a cosmetic skin: it’s a layered, console‑style shell built on the Xbox PC app and Game Bar that trims desktop baggage, centralizes your games, and...

Microsoft and ASUS have delivered an intriguing experiment: a controller‑first, console‑style launcher layered on top of Windows 11 — the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) — shipping first on the ROG Xbox Ally family, but right now it’s a promising step that still falls short of a seamless...

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...

The first time you boot the Xbox full‑screen experience on an OG ROG Ally, it feels like someone quietly unhooked Windows from the device and slid a console‑style launcher in its place — but the reality is more pragmatic and far more interesting: Microsoft has layered a controller‑first Xbox...

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...

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’s new Xbox Full screen experience for Windows handhelds can already be forced onto existing devices — but early testers warn that getting it running is only the first step; making it stable, usable, and genuinely advantageous is another matter entirely. Background Microsoft and ASUS...

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...

Microsoft’s new handheld-focused Windows 11 “Xbox full‑screen” experience — the controller‑first launcher being trialed on the ROG Xbox Ally family — can be shoehorned onto older hardware like the original ASUS ROG Ally, and the early hands‑on results make clear where the performance wins...

Microsoft’s console-first pivot for small screens lands in a surprisingly usable form, and testing Windows 11’s new Handheld Gaming Mode on an OG ROG Ally shows both what’s changed and what still needs work for real-world handheld PC owners. Background / Overview Windows 11’s new Handheld Gaming...

Lenovo's next flagship handheld, the Legion Go 2, arrives as a strikingly ambitious — and expensive — attempt to redefine what a Windows portable can be, pairing a large 8.8-inch OLED, AMD's new Z2 family silicon, and headline-grabbing battery and memory choices that put it squarely in premium...

Lenovo’s newly announced Legion Go 2 will ship this October as a bigger, more expensive flagship handheld and — crucially for Windows handheld gamers — Lenovo says it will be able to run Microsoft’s new Xbox full‑screen experience starting in spring 2026, making the Legion Go 2 the first...

Microsoft has quietly confirmed that the new Windows 11 handheld-focused gaming enhancements — the Xbox full‑screen experience and associated handheld optimizations — will not be limited to the new ROG Xbox Ally family, and reporting now points to existing Windows handhelds, including the MSI...

Here’s a summary of the news and its implications regarding Microsoft’s new move: Microsoft is rolling out new logging tools in the latest Windows 11 development builds to address systems' sluggishness and performance problems. The goal is to help Microsoft better identify, analyze, and...