The Xbox app now plays nice with handheld consoles thanks to a new Compact mode.
Windows-based handheld console users no longer need to navigate through tiny text and jumbled sidebars on relatively small screens.
But Microsoft, you know what would be even better?
The Xbox app’s new ‘Compact mode’ retreats the sidebar slightly, but it’s not a pitch-perfect version for handheld consoles.Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo
A full version of Windows 11 made for handheld.
The sidebar now collapses into icons, which allows more space to see the games available.
SteamOS, for all its faults, is still a better rendition of a handheld console UI.
Lets also not forget the Nintendo Switch, which makes navigating through all your installed games very easy.
The Xbox app isnt quite there yet.
When wereviewed Lenovos $700 Legion Go handheld console, one of our main critiques was its UI.
SteamOS is Linux-based, so that you could install it on one of these competing handheld consoles.
Really, though, you shouldnt have to so that have a smooth experience from the jump.
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