As we have been saying for a long time, Windows 11 Gaming Hand Heel is not a good time. Microsoft is listening, and we have seen a large number of different versions launched with the Rogue Xbox Eli – when a gaming handheld is detected, we take the desktop and background process in favor of the new UI.
Well, today, we have a clear look at how it will work, as someone has found a new out -of -the -box experience for Windows 11 in Windows 11 when it is running on handheld. This change is a long -term, but I am very happy that it is happening.
What has been seen?
As found on the X on the fentum, Windows 11’s 26200 Blood has seen a UI screen that looks similar to the startup process when you first fire the PC, but the standard laptop or desktop icon has been replaced by a handheld.
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In the upper part of it, Windows digs into the latest code and found a new “Game Pad Optimized UI” references. I will not go into the intention of the code myself, but will find out what it will do if you are on the handheld and flip the UI according to the same-you indicate the A/B/X/Y butts (“Press A” and “Press B is mentioned” to go back).
All this is done through the hardware abstract layer, which is primarily asked to identify the device before moving forward. If it is identified as a “gamepad base device” then you will go straight to this version of Windows.
Finally, some competition for Steam OS?
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As you will find in our Asus Rog Elly X review, we said “Windows 11 is the enemy of handheld gaming” for good reason.
The device makers are quick to do their job, but you always have to communicate with the desktop class UI on a small screen, the background process has eliminated the battery life, and I still try not to try to sell me on the Office 365 on the gaming handheld.
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It is clear that ROG Xbox Eli and Microsoft’s rapid growth is in response to Steam OS spreading in devices like Lenovo Lashkar GS, and the movements that are being carried out are incredibly encouraging. App switches and task bar things make things very easy.
Even from loading the desktop background process on startups to play a console-AC UI to play, we have been asking for the past 18 months. Of course, it will first come into the new ASUS device, but it will spread to new handhelds in 2026.
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