Windows 10 Game Bar
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Spotify and chat come to Windows 10 Game Bar

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 2 min

Microsoft’s Game Bar is an interface on the PC that creates an easy way to access game services with Windows 10, and today Microsoft is adding Spotify, chat, and other features to it.

The Game Bar is an overlay built into Windows that works over any PC game and can be brought up quickly by pressing the Windows key and the letter “G” on the keyboard. I frequently use it to record video.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.