The second screen of Surface Duo can be used as a touch controls

Microsoft Surface Duo recently received an update that allows users to use the second screen as a virtual controller to play games. Xbox Cloud Gaming, a cloud gaming service owned by Microsoft, has some new games that support touch operations with mapped handle keys.

A very cool update goes live for #SurfaceDuo customers today! Working with @Xbox we've put touch controls on to the second screen. More than 50 games are available to play with touch for @xboxGamePass Ultimate Members. pic.twitter.com/ZPIqQZXxS4

— Panos Panay (@panos_panay) May 24, 2021

In the past few months, Xbox has been secretly adding touch control functions to a number of games in the Xbox Game Pass library. Currently, as many as 66 games support such operations. Microsoft chose to equip it with two separate screens instead of a whole foldable screen, which has made it easier for the Surface Duo to display images on a single screen while the other screen is used for touch controls.