Microsoft Edge is now getting a new Games panel on Windows

Microsoft Edge is competing with the likes of Chrome and Firefox to be the best browser on Windows. It may not have a huge market presence like Chrome, but Microsoft is trying to improve the experience with new optional features. Now, it seems the company wants to offer something for gamers with a new feature “Games panel”.

Microsoft Edge’s Games panel, which appears to be another unwanted addition to the browser, is a new way to surface games in web results and it has been made with those of you who play browser-based games in mind.

Unlike Opera GX, which has been designed for performance, Microsoft Edge’s Game panel is not going to make any changes to the browser when you’re playing games. Instead, the Games panel will surface results from MSN Games on the right side of the Microsoft Edge window.

Microsoft is adding a “Games” toggle to the toolbar of the browser, next to your address bar or beside the rest of the options like history, downloads, etc.

If you click on the button, a new panel will appear on the right side of Edge, similar to Collections. The panel will fetch results for browser-based games from MSN Games, which is a casual gaming website with single-player and multiplayer games like Solitaire, Mahjong Arcade, and other full-feature pay-to-play versions.

Clicking on items listed within the panel will launch the MSN Games website in the browser and you will be able to play the game of your choice.

Like the rest of the appearance toggles, Edge’s MSN Games feature is also going to be entirely optional and it will be disabled by default. You should be able to turn it on from the browser’s appearance settings.

Microsoft is still testing the Games panel for Microsoft Edge and it seems to be rolling out to select users as part of the company’s controlled rollout process. Based on the feedback from users, Edge’s latest feature will eventually make its way to the stable channel behind an experimental flag.

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