Microsoft Edge’s Game Assist Feature Goes Out of Beta on Windows 11

Microsoft Edge users on Windows 11 can now try a new Game Assist feature that will let them access the web browser via the Game Bar overlay. Game Assist first launched on the Edge Insider Beta Channel in November, and it’s now available as an opt-in feature on the browser’s Stable Channel.

When enabled, Microsoft Edge Game Assist can display an Edge window on top of a running game in the Game Bar overlay. The Edge window can then be pinned alongside other Game Bar widgets, and it shares the same browser profile as Edge on PC. This Edge window also displays useful shortcuts to services like Twitch, Discord, and Spotify in a sidebar.

Microsoft Edge Game Assist also has a game-aware new tab page that will surface helpful resources for a selection of popular games that are running in the background. Only 14 games are supported right now including Baldur’s Gate 3, Diablo IV, Minecraft, Valorant, Roblox, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. II: Heart of Chernobyl, and Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and the Edge team said that Game Assist will automatically show tips and guides for more popular games over time.

“Expanding Game Assist (Preview) to Stable and adding tips and guides for some of the hottest releases aren’t the only things our team’s been up to this past month,” the Edge team said today. “We’ve also made a number of improvements to the browser experience and added support for some extensions like ad blockers.”

Support for ad blockers is currently only available when using Game Assist with the Canary or Dev versions of Microsoft Edge. Microsoft is also planning to add support for keyboard shortcuts, right-click context menus, an improved picture-in-picture experience, and more.

To try this new Game Assist feature, Edge users on Windows 11 will need to go to Settings and more (“…”) > Settings, search for “Game Assist” in the search box, find the Game Assist option, and select Install widget. Game Assist will then become available via the Game Bar overlay that can be summoned by pressing with Win+G.

For Windows 11 users who have installed Insider versions of Edge alongside the Stable version, Game Assist will use the version of Edge that’s configured as the default browser. New features will continue to ship first to the Canary, Dev, and Beta channels before rolling out to the Stable channel, and you can keep track of what the team is working on on this support page.