Microsoft is testing a new in-game browser

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Microsoft has announced that Microsoft Edge Game Assist, a caller Edge-powered in-game browser overlay, is disposable for beta investigating successful Windows 11. The “game-aware” overlay lives successful the Microsoft Game Bar and is designed to automatically find and amusement you links to tips and guides for the crippled you’re playing, utilizing the Edge browser.

Game Assist uses the illustration you’re logged into successful Edge, truthful it’ll springiness you entree to your data, similar cookies, autofill, and favorites, truthful “you don’t request to log into sites again.” Like different Game Bar widgets, you tin pin it supra your crippled arsenic you play. Game Assist is presently disposable successful English, and you’ll request to opt into the preview and acceptable Microsoft Edge Beta 132 arsenic your default browser to usage it.

Here’s a video of the diagnostic successful action:

You’ll person to find contented yourself for astir games for now, but the game-aware portion of Game Assist volition aboveground accusation automatically for a fewer games, including Baldur’s Gate 3, Diablo IV, and Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga. Microsoft says it’ll beryllium adding enactment for others “throughout the preview and implicit time.”

In a 2nd video, Microsoft shows however the overlay looks erstwhile utilized to travel on with video guides:

Microsoft says it’s collecting feedback successful a fewer ways:

You tin stock your feedback successful Game Assist by going to Settings and more (“…”) > Send feedback. You tin besides ballot connected which features you privation to spot added to Game Assist utilizing the new Game Assist Community feedback portal, and we’ll beryllium monitoring feedback on r/MicrosoftEdge, X, and different societal channels arsenic well.

Game Assist lone supports rodent and keyboard input for the moment, but Microsoft writes it’s adding enactment for handhelds and gamepads successful the future. Compact Mode enactment is besides coming later, the institution says.

Below are Microsoft’s instructions for getting started with Game Assist.

Make definite Windows 11 and Game Bar are up to date.
Game Assist requires the Beta oregon Preview transmission of Microsoft Edge. If you’re moving Windows Insider builds connected your PC oregon person opted into Edge Preview, you already person Edge Preview and tin skip to Step 3. Otherwise:
Install the Microsoft Edge Insider Beta channel (you tin besides usage the Dev transmission for the latest updates, but things whitethorn beryllium somewhat little stable).
Set Edge Beta arsenic your default browser: spell to Windows Settings > Apps > Default apps, hunt for Edge and, astatine the apical of the page, click Edge Beta > Set arsenic default.
To opt-into Game Assist (Preview) and instal the Game Bar widget, successful Edge, spell to Settings and more (“…”) > Settings, past hunt for Game Assist in the hunt box, find the Game Assist enactment (above the Page zoom setting), and select Install widget.
If you haven’t utilized Edge Beta/Preview before, successful Edge, spell to Settings and more (“…”) > Close Microsoft Edge, and past re-open the browser. You whitethorn person to repetition this measurement a fewer times for the Game Assist enactment to appear.