Windows customers will quickly have a method of sampling new video games with out downloading them, a brand new function referred to as “Instant Games” that shall be launched as a part of the upcoming Windows 11 replace.

The new function is rolling out in preview, apparently as a part of a Microsoft Store replace that can coincide with the Windows 23H2 launch rolling out over the subsequent few weeks.

The new Instant Games seems to work equally to a function already in Android: Instant Play, a part of a function referred to as Google Play Instant. In each Android and Windows, the “Instant” portion signifies that choosing a brand new supported recreation to play will bypass the everyday obtain and set up course of for quick gratification. Not surprisingly, the Instant Play feature requires a recreation to be comparatively small — lower than 15MB, within the case of the Android app. Will Windows’ Instant Games function work equally? It appears seemingly.

In a weblog submit authored by Microsoft shopper advertising and marketing chief Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft describes Instant Games as a “new experience that allows you to jump in and instantly play your favorite casual game directly from the Microsoft Store on Windows without the need to download and install on your Windows device,” in line with the blog post. “We’ve partnered with game publishers to be able to bring this experience to our collection of casual games.”

Microsoft didn’t say what video games shall be a part of the Instant Games program, however we’d think about older, legacy video games (Hearts? Minesweeper?) may very well be included, in addition to among the older 8-bit video games from the Eighties period. We’ll have to attend and see, nonetheless.

Microsoft additionally stated that the Microsoft Store app shall be up to date to permit customers to pick particular drives and places for his or her recreation installations. That rollout will debut later this month, Microsoft stated.