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New browser and calculator inside Xbox Game Bar
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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If you’re agamer, you probably use Xbox Game Bar, just because it’s really simple to access by pressing Windows + G keys, and it gives you access to some awesome features. Microsoft wants to expand the Xbox Game Bar, and the proof is the Widget Store inside.
The first widgets to populate the store were a streamingtoolfrom XSplit, and Razer Cortex features. Of course, as you read this, developers are probably into making new ones.
Xbox Game Bar has new widgets:calculatorandbrowser
Well, have you ever wanted to browse for something really quick while playing agame? Maybe just to make a point or settle a bet? How about a short calculus on how to make the perfect headshot in anFPS game?
Microsoft thought that you need those right away because they were included in the Widget store.
Browsing during games
Of course, the more useful of the two is the simplebrowser. It’s powered by Bing, of course, and it doesn’t have tabs or fancy features but you’re just looking for a chea…walkthrough or helpful solutions, or just a little bit of webchat, the basicbrowseris perfect. And it only uses a fraction of the resources of a full-fledged one.
Useful calculus
Aside from any light jokes about computing duringgames, a calculator may be really useful in MMOs and especially strategy games. Again, this calculator is very handy, and doesn’t really get in the way of your play.
You can get the widgets from the Widget Store (Beta) inside Xbox Game Bar app, or directly from theMicrosoft Store. Hit the links below.
[wl_navigator]
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Claudiu Andone
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Oldtimer in the tech and science press, Claudiu is focused on whatever comes new from Microsoft.
His abrupt interest in computers started when he saw the first Home Computer as a kid. However, his passion for Windows and everything related became obvious when he became a sys admin in a computer science high school.
With 14 years of experience in writing about everything there is to know about science and technology, Claudiu also likes rock music, chilling in the garden, and Star Wars. May the force be with you, always!
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Oldtimer in the tech and science press, with 14 years of experience in writing on everything there is to know about science, technology, and Microsoft
