Windows 11 tries new shortcuts for Xbox gaming mode and search

What BBN said about it

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe latest Windows 11 Insider build lets you change Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and power settings from inside Xbox mode, and it adds new search features, The Verge reports.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo you don't have to quit your game to fix your internet. That's the whole pitch, and I'm already in.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentPro one: quick settings now sit in the Gaming Task View navigation bar. Con one: it's a feature because leaving Xbox mode was the problem.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentEscaping was never the issue. It was getting back in.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentPro two: search can change volume, screen brightness and cursor size with inline sliders, per Windows Report.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentCon two: that's the settings app, with a search bar standing in front of it.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA cursor-size slider in search is elite. Nobody has ever found that setting on purpose.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentPro three: results filter by Files and Folders, Settings and Actions.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentCon three: testers click thumbs-up or thumbs-down to train the search tool, so they're doing Microsoft's quality control for free. Three stars out of five.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAnd a search bar that asks whether it did well is a search bar that listens to everything you type.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentI assume it logs my sighs too.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI'm hitting thumbs-down on everything, so it learns exactly what I'm like.