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In November 2024, Microsoft announced Edge Game Assist, a special browser built into Windows 11's Game Bar. The goal was to give gamers a more convenient way to browse the internet when playing games and eliminate the need to Alt + Tab just to check something on the internet. Now, Microsoft Edge Game Assist is out of beta and publicly available. With Microsoft Edge Game Assist, you can forget about alt-tabbing out of your game, which, in some cases, takes a lot of time and even causes issues with your game. Instead, hit Win + G to bring up the Game Bar, a gaming overlay with various useful features, and open Edge Game Assist while keeping the game running as usual. Microsoft Edge Game Assist is part of the Edge browser, so it is fully compatible with the modern internet and offers some of its existing features, plus some gaming-focused stuff like tips and guides (it can detect what game you are playing and suggest relevant content) and quick access to Discord, Spotify, or Twitch. Game Assist also lets you have separate tabs from the main browser, keeping gaming-related tabs away from work and personal browsing. During the testing period, Microsoft added support for over 80 various games (Game Assist works with any game, but it offers extra features for optimized and supported titles), keyboard shortcut support, a new Paste Game Title feature (the browser automatically pastes the name of the game when you open it), access to favorites, history, and extensions. However, there are still some limitations. At the moment, Game Assist is optimized for mouse and keyboard users, but Microsoft says it is working on "refining" controller support in future updates. You can read more about Microsoft Edge Game Assist here. The full list of supported games is available here. Source Hope you enjoyed this news post. Thank you for appreciating my time and effort posting news every day for many years. News posts... 2023: 5,800+ | 2024: 5,700+ | 2025 (till end of April): 1,811 RIP Matrix | Farewell my friend

In late November 2024, Microsoft announced Edge Game Assist—a new feature that makes it easier to browse the internet when playing games on a computer. After a brief period of testing, Microsoft Edge Game Assist is now available to everyone in the Stable Channel. Microsoft Edge Game Assist eliminates the need to Alt+Tab out of your game when you need to find or check something quickly. Just press Win + G and open the browser widget. Initially, Microsoft Edge Game Assist required downloading Edge 132 Beta and making it your default browser. Now, however, Game Assist is available on the Stable Channel, and it no longer requires changing your preferred browser. Therefore, you can keep using Chrome, Firefox, or anything else while also having a convenient Game Bar browser. Although Game Assist is now available to every Windows 11 and Microsoft Edge user, it is still in preview and requires manual installation. Here is how to do that: Make sure you are on the latest Microsoft Edge version by heading to edge://settings/help Go to Settings > Appearance > Game Assist Click Install Press Win + G to open Game Bar Click Widgets > Game Assist (Preview) Now, you can place the widget anywhere you like or pin it to the screen. In addition to releasing Game Assist to all users, Microsoft added support for more games like Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Marvel Rivals, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. II: Heart of Chernobyl. Also, the feature now supports certain extensions like ad blockers. Microsoft says future updates will add keyboard shortcuts, a dedicated "Settings and more" menu, right-click context menus, a better picture-in-picture mode, and more. You can learn more about the latest Game Assist update in the announcement post. Source Hope you enjoyed this news post. Thank you for appreciating my time and effort posting news every day for many years. News posts... 2023: 5,800+ | 2024: 5,700+ RIP Matrix | Farewell my friend