Microsoft Xbox Game Bar Gets its Own Widget Store on Windows 10

Microsoft is today perking up the functionality of Xbox Game Bar, the in-game overlay baked into Windows 10. Xbox Game Bar is getting its ain widget store and information technology's exactly what information technology sounds. You will be able to install third-political party plugins that allow you lot access more features from this gaming command center.

The new Xbox Game Bar widget store is going live today simply there's a catch. It won't be accessible to anybody at the moment. Only Windows 10 Insiders can access the widget store by pressing 'Win+G' keys at the same time. If you're an insider, y'all volition run into widgets for XSplit's Gamecaster (managing your livestream, chats, and more than) and Razer'south Cortex are already available for download.

The widget shop is standalone and you will exist able to admission new widgets, update your existing ones, and manage everything related to them from the in-game overlay itself. The idea here is to make all essential features that a gamer needs accessible from the overlay. You don't demand to exit the game to turn on or off a stream, optimize the games, and more than.

In an official blog post, Eric Hamilton and Kripal Kavi from the Xbox Game Bar Squad said, "We heard your feedback loud and articulate: you don't always want to Alt+Tab to separate apps when gaming on your PC. Nosotros thought we'd bring your favorite apps to you correct within the Xbox Game Bar where yous can admission them without ever leaving your game."

Autonomously from SplitX and Razer, the Redmond giant has plant another significant partner in Intel. The American chipmaker will "bring some of the cardinal features bachelor in the Intel Graphics Command Centre (IGCC) to the Xbox Game Bar." Intel's widget will be available in Spring afterwards this year. It volition offering admission to display settings, power profiles, and game streaming and capture features

Well, just three partnerships cannot define the widget store. Thus, Microsoft today also released the Game Bar SDK in beta for developers to build widgets for the Xbox Game Bar. You can follow this link if you want to access the SDK and learn how to port features from your Windows 10 app to the in-game overlay.