The Xbox updates for February 2024 include Xbox touch controls for remote play with the iOS and Android Xbox apps. Improved filtering and sorting for the Xbox dashboard and a new thumbstick calibration tool are also available on Xbox consoles. Microsoft also has a new access restriction option to make it easier for player’s profiles to be deleted when they sign out, a good option for shared consoles in hospitals.
The European Commission is forcing Microsoft to make changes to Windows 11 in EU countries, but Microsoft Edge, the company’s Bing search engine, and Microsoft Advertising have all been spared from the EU’s Digital Markets Act. EU regulators have analyzed Microsoft’s argument against the DMA for Bing, Edge, and Microsoft Advertising and agreed they do not qualify as gatekeeper services.
“We welcome the Commission’s decision to exempt Bing, Edge, and Microsoft Advertising, which operate as challengers in the market,” says Microsoft spokesperson Robin Koch in a statement to The Verge.
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With rumors of some Xbox games coming to PS5 and Switch, Microsoft gets ready to lay out its vision for the future of Xbox.
