{"id":36018,"date":"2022-08-05T05:20:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T05:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/microsoft-is-testing-an-xbox-game-pass-widget-in-windows-11\/"},"modified":"2022-08-05T05:20:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T05:20:41","slug":"microsoft-is-testing-an-xbox-game-pass-widget-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/microsoft-is-testing-an-xbox-game-pass-widget-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft is Testing an Xbox Game Pass Widget in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>Microsoft is testing an Xbox Game Pass widget with Windows Insiders according to a new post on the <u>official Windows Insider blog<\/u>. <\/p>\n<p>The widget will make it even easier to see the latest additions, what games are leaving soon, and other games from highlighted categories across Game Pass.<\/p>\n<p>The update test comes as part of the newest <u>Windows 11<\/u> Insider Preview Build.  It will hopefully alleviate some of the current unevenness while navigating the Xbox app.  The widget will take you to the Xbox app where you&#8217;ll be able to install your favorite games on your PC and see game reviews.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"widget-container\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-862123036 slideshow-preview\">\n<p>Best Xbox Game Pass Games<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-862123036 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-862123036 hero-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-3600606818 aspect-ratio-container aspect-ratio-16-9\">\n<div class=\"jsx-3600606818 aspect-ratio-child\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<p>Windows also teased that they&#8217;re working on even more updates for the widget.  Including the ability to \u201csign-into your Xbox profile and easily jump back into recently played games as well as see personalized recommendations of games we believe you&#8217;ll love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March, <u>changes to the Windows release roadmap are coming<\/u>.  In the past, a new Windows was released every three years.  This later changed with Windows 10 which received updates for six years before Windows 11&#8217;s release. <\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"object-feedback\"\/><output class=\"article-video-container\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Windows 11 first released in October 2021 and came equipped with <u>several new features<\/u> including auto HDR for gaming and, of course, widgets \u2013 a centerpiece for the operating system. <\/p>\n<p>We gave Windows 11 a 7\/10 in our <u>review<\/u> and found the lack of \u201cgaming-focused improvements and features\u201d disappointing. <\/p>\n<p><em>Casey is a freelance writer for IGN.  You can usually find him talking about JRPGs on Twitter at <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caseydavidmt\" target=\"_blank\">@caseydavidmt<\/a><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is testing an Xbox Game Pass widget with Windows Insiders according to a new post on the official Windows Insider blog. The widget will make it even easier to see the latest additions, what games are leaving soon, and other games from highlighted categories across Game Pass. The update test comes as part of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/microsoft-is-testing-an-xbox-game-pass-widget-in-windows-11\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Microsoft is Testing an Xbox Game Pass Widget in Windows 11<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34650,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/microsofts-testing-a-handy-game-pass-widget-on-windows-11\/","url_meta":{"origin":36018,"position":0},"title":"Microsoft&#8217;s testing a handy Game Pass widget on Windows 11","date":"August 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Microsoft's first new Windows 11 widget should make it even easier to find out which games are coming to PC Game Pass. The widget is only available to Windows Insider testers for now and is supposed to provide a \u201cwindow\u201d into the service's game library, allowing you to check out\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14165,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/windows-11-build-25158-brings-even-more-dynamic-widget-content\/","url_meta":{"origin":36018,"position":1},"title":"Windows 11 build 25158 brings even more dynamic widget content","date":"July 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Microsoft is rolling out a new build of Windows 11 for Insiders enrolled in the Dev channel, that being build 25158. The main new addition in this build is expanding on the dynamic widget content Microsoft introduced in build 25136. Now, the Widgets button on the taskbar can display a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Notification banner in Widgets panel in Windows 11","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.xda-developers.com\/files\/2022\/07\/Widget-notification-banner.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":21210,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/windows-11s-new-taskbar-overflow-is-perfect-for-people-who-keep-all-their-apps-open\/","url_meta":{"origin":36018,"position":2},"title":"Windows 11&#8217;s new taskbar overflow is perfect for people who keep all their apps open","date":"July 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Microsoft is bringing a new taskbar overflow feature to Windows 11, designed to make it easier to find your open apps once you run out of taskbar space. It's perfect for power users or people who love to keep all of their apps open all the time. The new taskbar\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21144,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/xbox-consoles-get-discord-voice-chat-in-new-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":36018,"position":3},"title":"Xbox consoles get Discord voice chat in new update","date":"July 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"A new update for Xbox owners brings Discord voice chat to consoles. This will allow for users to \"chat with anyone on Discord via voice channels or group calls directly from your console\". Xbox says this will make it easier for us all to connect with fellow users across its\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.reedpopcdn.com\/xbox-disc-set-up.jpg\/BROK\/resize\/690%3E\/format\/jpg\/quality\/75\/xbox-disc-set-up.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":35564,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/microsoft-starts-testing-an-xbox-game-pass-family-plan\/","url_meta":{"origin":36018,"position":4},"title":"Microsoft starts testing an Xbox Game Pass family plan","date":"August 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Microsoft is starting to test an Xbox Game Pass family plan that will allow subscribers to share their benefits with other people. A preview of this Xbox Game Pass family plan is available in Colombia and Ireland today, and testers will be able to add up to four people to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2022\/08\/04\/game-pass-1659639465095.png?width=1280","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}