Windows 11 Xbox Gamebar is missing the social feature (friends list, chat)?

Ok thats what I thought but I dont realy understand the decision.

First of all: Wich App should I use now? The Xbox App or the Gamebar? There are two Apps installed on Windows that have the xbox Party Feature and both of them are lacking in different Features. In the beginning I used the Xbox App, but than oneday all Party
and Game Invitations only appeared for the Xbox Game Bar even when it was disabld in Windows-Settings. That made me switch to the Gamebar. In the Gamebar i was missing Features like seeing who is in a friends party and they adde back a private Voice chat like
on Xbox 360 wich made zero sense. on the Xbox App on the other hand I cant see my friends beeing in a party in the friendlist anymore, also it has no voice overlay and as I mentioned before I get all the Invites for the Game bar even if disabled.

Edit: Also I wanted to mention its still possible to start partys with the xbox app on PC, Smartphone and tablet so why removing the feature for PC players from the Gamebar?

Oh, thank you for the quick update, Harry_756 and for your kind words.

Since you are looking for a game using our platform, how about you try this?

Try enabling Xbox Game Bar on your device.

• It helps you stay connected to the Xbox community when you're playing and chatting with friends on Windows pc.
  
• To use Xbox Social features, sign in with your Microsoft account.
  
  • Press the windows logo key + G to open Game Bar, choose settings > account, select sign-in, and then follow the steps.
    
• Once successful, you can find friends to play and chat, resume conversations, and look for more friends and use looking for group feature.
  
  Use Xbox game bar to play and chat with friends
  

You can also try customizing Xbox Game Bar on Windows device. You can check on this link: Customize Xbox Game Bar on Windows devices

It is important to note as well that joining clubs and creating groups can be done using Xbox console, if we gamers wanted to take advantage of this feature, we can proceed and enable Xbox Game Bar for our windows pc.

Join a Club | Xbox Support

I hope this helps.

Kind regards,



Microsoft Community

Hey Sengutso!

Sounds like you are having GameBar issues! Take a look at our Gamebar support articles:

Troubleshoot Game Bar on Windows 10

Keep in mind with updates sometimes certain features are made unavailable. This may not be the case in this instance but it is a possibility.

Let me know if this helps

Hello Rosariaodf,

To add Friends thru xbox press the xbox button to bring up the guide. Tab over to the Friends tab and at the bottom will be a “Find Someone”. Enter your PC xbox gamertag, must match exactly, select the profile and add friend.

To add a friend using Gamebar on Pc here is a link that gives you the steps to do so.

Happy gaming!

the share button on xbox controllers will only work in windows 11 for gamebar. this has been purposely done.