Gaming on Windows Just Changed Forever

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After decades of dreaming, Windows is FINALLY getting the diet it needs! With Microsoft’s newly released Xbox Mode for desktop finally out in the wild, let’s take a look at what it is, what it isn’t, and how much bloat they actually managed to remove.

Labs Companion Article: https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/06/13/we-tried-xbox-mode

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CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 2:00 Exploring Xbox Mode 2:57 Can we ditch the keyboard? 5:59 Internal panik. 7:37 Booting up a game 8:12 This should be easy... Right? 8:23 Dear Microsoft, 10:10 Is Xbox Mode seamless? 11:13 Performance gains? 14:03 The silver lining 15:20 Xbox mode vs. Steam Big Picture? 19:10 Outro