The Microsoft universe, made up of all its platforms, services and programs, tries to offer us an increasingly useful synchronization of functions. One of the nerve centers of all this is the operating system, where the firm is now placing special emphasis on Windows 11.
Over the past few years, the software giant has focused on using Windows 10 to work together with our mobile and other components. Now, as it could not be otherwise and for some time now, the company is focusing on Windows 11, since the previous version of the system is very close to its end.
Many of the users of this powerful operating system also have the console from the same companywe are referring to the popular Xbox in one of its models. We are telling you all this because a new feature has just been discovered that will soon reach everyone in Windows 11 and that will be extremely useful to many.
Specifically, we are referring to a feature that is coming to the trial versions of the operating system and that allows Using the Xbox controller as a keyboard on the PC. And it happens that on many occasions we need to use the virtual keyboard that Windows itself offers us, for which this functionality will be very interesting.
At this moment the software giant has deployed this new feature that we mentioned in the latest build of the Windows 11 Beta channel. What we want to tell you with all this is that now Microsoft adds a new design for the on-screen keyboard and is also compatible with Xbox console controllers.
How to use the Xbox controller as a keyboard in Windows
Thus, those who use their controller from the well-known console to play on PCsomething that is becoming more and more common, can also be used as a keyboard. To give us a better idea, this new feature allows users to navigate and write using their console controller through the virtual keyboard that we sometimes use in Windows 11.
In turn, we can use the button accelerators for certain functions. In this way and in order to make the most of this new function, the X button works as a backspace and the Y button as a space bar, all to act as a keyboard. On the other hand, note that apart from the button accelerators, the keys on this virtual keyboard are aligned vertically to improve navigation patterns when using the aforementioned console controller. The goal of this design is to make it easier for users to navigate through the keys with this particular device.
First of all, we must keep in mind that this is a feature that is currently available to users enrolled in the Windows Insider program. Right now it is part of the ongoing build of the Beta channel. Even so, it is expected that Microsoft will continue to improve the feature to finally make it available to everyone in the future. Windows 11 stable version.