After community complaints that it was too crowded, Microsoft said it would reverse planned changes to the Xbox Home dashboard.
In September 2022, Microsoft announced that Xbox Insiders will be invited to “Help shape the new Xbox Home experience.” This test was a “month-long series of experiments to learn how to create a more personalized home screen experience and address some of the hottest trends and fan requests.”
Unfortunately, the changes were not as welcomed as Microsoft and the company had hoped, in scope blog post, He said he was pausing these experiences and would strive to “balance experience, accessibility, functionality, and the needs of our community and provide you with a wonderful, renewed hospitality experience.”
One of the biggest issues the community had was how crowded everything was and how the new UI blocked the backgrounds users could choose from. As you can see in the image below from Microsoft, the Halo image is mostly blocked by all the boxes, and the community would like to see more balance between the items it interacts with and the backgrounds that make their home their own.
As Microsoft works to address complaints, Alpha and Alpha-Skip Xbox Insiders will be returned to the original Xbox Home experience they were using and their pretest settings and wallpapers will be enabled. Your New Home settings will be saved for the future.
“Thank you for all the comments you shared. It’s a core part of our process, and our team works hard to make it part of the experience and get you to use it,” Ivy Krislov, senior product manager at Xbox Experiences, says. We’d love to share more details with you soon!
For more from the world of Xbox, check out our list of the 15 best Xbox Series X/S games and our conversation with Xbox’s Sarah Bond and her commitment to independent support.
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