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Notes: If your Android device is running Android 11.0 or higher, you may be eligible for the multiple apps experience. Compatible devices are marked with an asterisk (*).

To help protect your privacy, the new Microsoft Edge sets tracking prevention to balanced by default. For increased protection, you can switch your tracking prevention to strict or block all third-party cookies.

Choose the required access permission for the selected extension: When you click the extension: This setting only allows the extension to access the current site in the open tab or window when you click the extension.If you close the tab or window, you’ll have to click the extension to turn it on again.

Optimizations for windowed games improves gaming on your PC by using a new presentation model for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 games that appear in a window or in a borderless window.

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Open the server and join the voice channel or connect to the voice call. Right-click the voice channel and select Transfer Voice to Xbox.; Scan the code with a mobile device.

Change the application's high-DPI scaling mode. In the High DPI scaling override area, select Override high DPI scaling behavior, and then try one of the following options:. Application – Disable all Windows scaling settings and only use the app developer's setting. This option was called Disable display scaling on high DPI settings in previous versions of Windows.

Press the Xbox button to open the guide.; Select People > Find someone.; Search for a gamertag. Be sure to pay close attention to the gamertag's spelling and spacing. Press the A button to select the account that you want to add.; Select Add friend to add the person’s Xbox profile to your friends list. You will appear as a follower until they add you back.

Prevents Windows Update from performing driver installations and sending restart notifications; Helps achieve a more stable frame rate depending on the specific game and system