Curated By: Shaurya Sharma
Last Updated: November 30, 2023, 12:36 IST
Redmond, Washington State, USA
Xbox app’s new ‘Compact Mode’ would are available fairly useful for homeowners of PC gaming handhelds.
Microsoft has now launched a brand new ‘Compact Mode’ for all Windows gadgets, however it’s particularly designed for gaming handhelds like ROG Ally in thoughts.
With the surge in recognition of PC gaming handhelds just like the ASUS ROG Ally and the Lenovo Legion Go, the Xbox app on PC was in determined want of an replace. Thankfully, Microsoft listened to the folks and has launched a brand new Compact Mode for all Windows gadgets. This function is ideal for smaller screens, like those on gaming handhelds. It makes the Xbox app simpler to make use of by collapsing the sidebar into icons, which provides you extra space to take a look at the content material.
If you’re utilizing a handheld just like the ASUS ROG Ally or the Lenovo Legion Go, Microsoft says this mode is turned on by default. This is because of a brand new partnership between Microsoft and ASUS, and different producers. And, transferring ahead, Microsoft can be paying extra consideration to the gaming handhelds house.
How to activate Compact Mode within the Xbox Windows app?
To allow this new mode, whether or not on handhelds or every other Windows-powered gadget, observe these steps:
- Tap in your Profile within the prime-left nook of the Xbox app.
- Turn on the ‘Compact mode’ toggle.
- That is it! the mode ought to now be enabled.
In associated information, Xbox can also be providing you with the choice to point out solely unread notifications within the dropdown on the Xbox app on PC, and it now additionally will get a ‘Gaming Services Repair Tool’ to shortly repair gaming companies or add any lacking information when opening the Xbox app on PC. This can are available fairly useful for troubleshooting in the course of the occasions if you need to play a recreation, but it surely doesn’t work for some cause, or the opposite.
