Microsoft is testing a brand new in-game browser

Microsoft has introduced that Microsoft Edge Sport Help, a brand new Edge-powered in-game browser overlay, is offered for beta testing in Home windows 11. The “game-aware” overlay lives within the Microsoft Sport Bar and is designed to mechanically discover and present you hyperlinks to ideas and guides for the sport you’re taking part in, utilizing the Edge browser.

Sport Help makes use of the profile you’re logged into in Edge, so it’ll offer you entry to your information, like cookies, autofill, and favorites, so “you don’t have to log into websites once more.” Like different Sport Bar widgets, you may pin it above your recreation as you play. Sport Help is at present obtainable in English, and also you’ll have to choose into the preview and set Microsoft Edge Beta 132 as your default browser to make use of it.

Right here’s a video of the characteristic in motion:

You’ll have to search out content material your self for many video games for now, however the game-aware a part of Sport Help will floor data mechanically for just a few video games, together with Baldur’s Gate 3, Diablo IV, and Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga. Microsoft says it’ll be including assist for others “all through the preview and over time.”

In a second video, Microsoft reveals how the overlay appears when used to observe together with video guides:

Microsoft says it’s gathering suggestions in just a few methods:

You’ll be able to share your suggestions in Sport Help by going to Settings and extra (“…”) > Ship suggestions. You can too vote on which options you wish to see added to Sport Help utilizing the brand new Sport Help Neighborhood suggestions portal, and we’ll be monitoring suggestions on r/MicrosoftEdge, X, and different social channels as properly.

Sport Help solely helps mouse and keyboard enter for the second, however Microsoft writes it’s including assist for handhelds and gamepads sooner or later. Compact Mode assist can be coming later, the corporate says.

Under are Microsoft’s directions for getting began with Sport Help.