Microsoft announces new ‘Postgame Recaps’ for Xbox PC titles

As part of Microsoft’s continued efforts to push PC players towards its Xbox app ecosystem, the console maker has been updating its Xbox app on Windows with new functionality. Available now for Xbox insiders, Microsoft is introducing ‘Postgame Recaps’ – highlighting various “moments” from your most recent play sessions.

Making the announcement on the Xbox Wire blog, Alex Charters, the senior project manager at Xbox wrote: “Starting today, Xbox Insiders in the PC Gaming Preview can try postgame recaps in the Xbox PC app on Windows.”

Explaining exactly how it’ll work, Charters continued, “After you finish a play session, you may see a quick recap that highlights moments from that session—like captures you took, achievements you unlocked, and relevant in‑game events.”

Said to be “designed to show up only when they’re useful” these recaps won’t pop-up after every single session, with Microsoft claiming that it will trigger primarily if you “take a capture through Game Bar or unlock an achievement.”

While this new functionality will require that the Xbox app runs in the background during play, Microsoft made sure to note that you can turn off aspects of Postgame Recaps to suit your needs – or you can disable it entirely.

Additionally, they claim that the tool has been optimised in order “to minimize memory and performance impact” – but we’ll have to wait and see about that.

Microsoft’s Xbox Postgame Recaps are available now to all PC Xbox insiders. Full details on this new functionality can be found HERE.

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