Microsoft is beginning to check new modifications to the Xbox Home UI that may ultimately arrive for everybody in 2023. The modifications will embrace tweaks to the format and design to make it simpler to seek out Xbox video games and apps or navigate to areas just like the settings interface. Microsoft will conduct quite a lot of Xbox Home experiments over the approaching months earlier than launching its new Xbox Home UI in 2023.

“We know the Xbox homepage is where our gamers spend the most time, and it’s a space that’s very personal,” says Ivy Krislov, senior product supervisor lead of Xbox experiences. “We also know we can always be listening and learning how we can do better here while keeping your experience fast and familiar. With that, we’re kicking off a multi-month series of experiments to learn how to create a more personalized home screen experience and address some of the top trends and fan requests.”

A random subset of Xbox Insiders within the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring will get entry to a number of the Xbox Home experiments at present. The first spherical of preview updates features a new “jump back in” row on the high of Xbox Home that features the standard just lately performed video games and apps. You’ll discover (within the screenshot above) that there’s now not an even bigger tile for probably the most just lately used app or recreation, and the interface is much more like Microsoft’s Xbox TV app.

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Image: Microsoft

That Xbox TV app additionally has a search perform up high and fast entry to settings — Microsoft is bringing each to its principal Xbox Home console UI. There’s even a pinned tile for entry to the Microsoft Store alongside the standard “My games & apps” tile. Unfortunately, the advert tile nonetheless exists and is pinned to the Xbox Home display screen.

When you scroll down, Microsoft will present curated classes and proposals primarily based on the video games you play, and there must be a extra constant design all through with improved layouts.

Xbox customers have been calling on Microsoft to revamp its Xbox Home interface for months, with recommendations to deal with displaying extra of the dynamic wallpapers, take away the advertisements, and supply up extra customizability for the Xbox Home display screen. This redesign doesn’t deal with all of that fairly but, however there are months left for extra tweaks that might make it much more customizable.

I’d personally like to have the ability to absolutely customise the Xbox Home UI, pin apps and video games freely up high, and take away the static tiles Microsoft forces everybody to have. I can absolutely customise my iPhone homescreen and transfer apps, video games, and widgets wherever I would like, so why not permit one thing related on Xbox?

“We want to ensure this experience is the best it can be, and we know getting it right will take some time which is why we will be rolling it out slowly and iterating throughout the process,” explains Krislov. “With your input, we’re looking forward to launching this new, better Home experience in 2023.”