Windows 11’s Game Bar gets a fresh coat of paint, plus a tweak to work better on handhelds – and I like the direction Microsoft’s heading in here

A nifty redesign, and a change for handhelds that makes the Game Bar experience better in a small – but useful – way

March 27, 2025 · 1 min · 67 words · Donna Reyes

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That includes tricks such asrecording gameplay, monitoring your PCs performance, tweaking audio options and much more.

The bar can be customized with various widgets and its a very useful tool forWindows 11gamers on the whole.

A PC gamer celebrating, sat in a gaming chair in front of a monitor

That includes the Capture widget, Performance widget, Resource widget, and also the Widget Store itself.

Windows 11 Game Bar Redesign March 2025