

I'll be honest-I've been dreading going back to the Surface Duo 2. Stadia, on the other hand, struggles pretty consistently no matter what kind of connection I have lately. I had very few issues playing these games over 5G or Wi-Fi. I've played games like Gears 5, Hades, and Killer Instinct with touch controls, and I was shocked at how well they worked. One screen displays the game, and the other gets a custom touch controller layout.
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There are a few dozen Game Pass titles with full touch controls. It comes with Xbox Game Pass pre-installed, and it's probably the best way to stream your Xbox games to a phone. If you're a big Xbox gamer, this phone might be right up your alley. Maybe at this point, you think I don't have anything good to say about the Duo's software, but you'd be wrong. I wouldn't recommend buying Microsoft's $130 stylus unless you're also going to use it on a Surface laptop. Unlike Samsung, Microsoft has not gone out of its way to include apps and services that work with the pen-the button doesn't even do anything. I hope that some of those updates deliver more functionality for the Surface Pen, which technically works with the Duo 2. We can only hope it comes through after the abysmal job it did keeping the original Duo updated. Microsoft has promised monthly updates for three years this time. I could drone on about bugs for several more paragraphs, but let's just say the phone needs some updates. The Surface Pen works with the Duo 2, but you won't find much reason to use it At least Microsoft has narrowed the gap between the screens themselves, which makes for a better spanning experience across both displays. That also means no headphone jack, a common shortcoming of modern smartphones. There are still sizeable bezels above and below the displays, but that's not surprising considering how thin the phone is-each half is only 5.5mm thick. The hinge allows you to set the Duo 2 up in several positions, which Microsoft calls "postures." You can set it on a table like a laptop, fold one side back for single-screen mode, prop it up like a tent, and so on. Both displays are inside, like the pages of a book when you open the phone. I would have preferred a matte glass body, but the new black color does look slick, and it's not as prone to smudging as I expected. It still has a smooth glass exterior with no screen, Surface logo emblazoned in the middle. Look at the Microsoft Surface Duo 2 from the front, and you might mistake it for the original Surface Duo. Shop at Best Buy Design, hardware, what's in the box
