Update []: This has just started rolling out to Xbox Insiders today!
Xbox has a "Windows Gaming: Full screen experience" guide on the official Microsoft support website that explains how to set it up, and there's also a blog on the official Xbox Wire website about it.
We'll leave you with an excerpt from that blog:
"In addition to handhelds, the Xbox full screen experience is now available in preview for more Windows 11 PC form factors, such as laptops, desktops, and tablets, tailored for the PC experience."
"The Xbox full screen experience introduces a controller-navigable UI that brings an immersive, console-like experience to Windows 11 PC form factors. Designed for controller-first navigation, it provides a gaming-first, full-screen environment where players can easily browse and launch titles from across their game libraries- including most popular PC storefronts. A powerful Task Switcher enables quick movement between games and apps, delivering a seamless experience."
Original Story: You've probably seen us talking about the "Xbox full-screen experience" on the ROG Xbox Ally - a fancy name for the dashboard and overall interface that's been adopted by the ASUS handheld since it launched last month.
Microsoft suggested at the time that this dashboard would roll out to other Windows handhelds in the future, and that's exactly what's happened today - it's officially available for other non-Xbox Ally handhelds as of November 21st.
You can see proof of this in the image below:
What you can also see, however, is that the ROG Xbox Ally's dashboard will be coming to Windows PCs as well. It's said to be rolling out "soon" for Xbox Insider members (to be followed by a wider release), and this means everyone with a Windows 11 PC will get to sample the "Xbox full-screen experience" and the benefits it can offer.
On the ROG Xbox Ally, those benefits include a fast boot-up, quick and easy access to your gaming libraries without having to even enter the Windows desktop, an intuitive switching mechanic that allows you to swap from app-to-app in an instant, and the removal of background processes that could slow down your PC when playing games - in other words, the Xbox full-screen experience is specially optimised for gamers.
We're hopeful all of that will come across when it rolls out for standard PCs in the near future, but the mention of it being "available with Xbox and other apps" makes us question whether it won't be quite as substantially integrated as it is for Windows handhelds.
This has the potential be a game-changer though - it certainly has been for the ROG Ally lineup.