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[Bullet Club]

Key updates in this first round of preview updates:

• The new “Jump back in” row gives you quick access to your most recently played games and apps.
• Easily access important system apps like Settings, Store, Search and My Games & Apps with their own dedicated tiles on Xbox Home.
• Consistent design and visual identifiers with updated layouts to keep the experience familiar.
• When you scroll down, you’ll see curated categories and recommendations tailored to your gaming preferences.

 

[Tommi84]

When you scroll down, you’ll see curated categories and recommendations tailored to your gaming preferences.

There's one word for that:

ADS!

 

[adamsapple]

I guess I'm one of the few who doesn't have any issue with the current UI.

As long as this one isn't slow and unresponsive, I'm OK.

 

[Dibils2k]

not very interesting tbh

i guess the look of 'my games and apps' and the guide will stay the same

 

[Bullet Club]

I guess I'm one of the few who doesn't have any issue with the current UI.

As long as this one isn't slow and unresponsive, I'm OK.

I'm fine with the current one.

It's not like this one will be a massive change though. A little cleaner maybe.

 

[TheDrunkenMerchant]

I just want Games & Apps, the Store app, the GamePass app, Settings, and Movies/TV all on one screen. And none of this "most recently played" crap. Let me customize what games are on the main bar.

 

[sainraja]

I like what I am seeing.

 

[Punished Miku]

I can't even tell the difference from the current UI.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Rectangular are not in fashion, right? Just add some damn border-radius, shadows, opacity/blur and it will look more "modern".

 

[Halo is Back]

no thanks

 

[Nemesis Prime]

They killed social connectivity when they got rid of the tab that lets u scroll through all your friends recent activity, screenshots, clips, and achievements

 

[Forsythia]

So they added animated background but you could already hardly see it, and now even less. Way to go MS. The tiles are too fucking big!

 

[Valedix]

Less and less background, and still ads.

 

[jaysius]

They need to get rid of the fucking ADS from the homescreen, it's the only console that makes the ADs static and in your view.

This emphasizes your OWN content over the fucking ADS at least.

 

[MadPanda]

They killed social connectivity when they got rid of the tab that lets u scroll through all your friends recent activity, screenshots, clips, and achievements

That's what I'm missing the most. I frequently checked what others were doing when it was just a tab away, but now I never do it.

 

[Robb]

Looks and sounds like what we already have?

 

[01011001]

the only real difference is the store icon and the search bar on top... everything else is just a slightly modified version of what's already there...

so

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Very small changes. I don't care either way, I got accustomed to the UI and it's doing its job.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I guess I'm one of the few who doesn't have any issue with the current UI.

As long as this one isn't slow and unresponsive, I'm OK.

Agreed. The Xbox Windows 10 kind of dashboard is fine enough for years.

Just dont bog it down like years back on One and X where sifting through the store could take a while as it loads up all the game box pics.

As crazy as it seems the old 360 Blades are still the fastest Xbox dashboard I ever used (never had an OG so not sure about that system). It may not have had the functionality of modern dashboards with all these boxes and apps, but man was it fast.

 

[Calverz]

Glad that’s not final as it is horrific. They should make it like this:

 

[reinking]

I don't mind tiles but how about letting me decide which ones to use and where they go. I don't know, they could basically copy windows 11 at this point and allow the task bar to be used for easy access to settings, friends list and stuff like that.

 

[Arcadialane]

Looks a lot nicer already

 

[Jaybe]

I wish they would remove the ‘SPONSORED’ tile. They shouldn’t need to resort to likes of banner ads. Any revenue on this has the be a rounding error on the billions they make in the Xbox division. Maybe a Game Pass Ultimate subscription should unlock an ad-free experience just like NeoGAF Gold

 

[sainraja]

Glad that’s not final as it is horrific. They should make it like this:

The designer behind that must have been inspired by the PS5 UI. I am waiting and expecting Sony to implement pinned 'gamelists' like shown in the example above (that is similar to how iOS does folders).

 

[RoadHazard]

Rectangular are not in fashion, right? Just add some damn border-radius, shadows, opacity/blur and it will look more "modern".

Quite the opposite. Flat is the new modern.

 

[CeeJay]

Not a massive difference and not necessarily a step in the right direction either but you cant say the Xbox UI team aren't active when it comes to moving shit around.

 

[Zones]

I guess I'm one of the few who doesn't have any issue with the current UI.

As long as this one isn't slow and unresponsive, I'm OK.

 

[Rossco EZ]

Glad that’s not final as it is horrific. They should make it like this:

yeah wish it was more like that

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Quite the opposite. Flat is the new modern.

I don't see it. I see gradients, opacity with blur, rounded corners and box shadows.

 

[RoadHazard]

I don't see it. I see gradients, opacity with blur, rounded corners and box shadows.

You must be an iOS user.

 

[tommib]

Still looks like an android tablet.

 

[Kilau]

I just want the rewards app to not shit the bed all the time. UI is fine now.

 

[Gudji]

I guess I'm one of the few who doesn't have any issue with the current UI.

As long as this one isn't slow and unresponsive, I'm OK.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

You must be an iOS user.

iOS, MacOS, Windows 11, PlayStation 5 and many more user. Name those flat design UIs that supposedly are setting new trends.

 

[GymWolf]

Anything more cluttered than a white page with the games icon is a default no from me dawg.

 

[01011001]

You must be an iOS user.

indeed, we got a time traveler from the past among us!

 

[RoadHazard]

iOS, MacOS, Windows 11, PlayStation 5 and many more user. Name those flat design UIs that supposedly are setting new trends.

Pretty much all of those except the Apple stuff are pretty flat. Android (Material Design) DID have a lot of shaded layers etc, but that's not nearly as present in the latest iteration of that design language (but instead they have gone way up on corner radius).

The PS5 UI is a bit of a mix, but mostly flat with sharp corners, just like Windows/Xbox.

 

[FeastYoEyes]

I think the current one is a tad dated and this looks more aesthetically pleasing. I find the pin system they have for the home page to be awful.

 

[Elder Legend]

I don't understand why they keep changing UI so often lol

 

[MidGenRefresh]

The PS5 UI is a bit of a mix, but mostly flat with sharp corners

Mostly flat with sharp corners.

 

[thatJohann]

Better have HDR support

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Not impressed at all. Disappointed.

 

[Topher]

I wish they would move to side to side navigation between sections rather than this up and down stuff. Just doesn't jive with me. I do like they are adding a top of row of recently played. Not sure I like system functions as tiled apps though.

 

[Max_Po]

I don't understand why they keep changing UI so often lol

Quiet frankly, they need to improve it a lot more. It is too generic.

 

[RoadHazard]

Mostly flat with sharp corners.

I really thought the corners were sharp lol. I remembered wrong. I haven't used my PS5 in about two days after all.

But it's still pretty flat, which was my main point.

 

[Hendrick's]

Never liked the UI, but luckily I only spend about 0.1% of my time there.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

I really thought the corners were sharp lol. I remembered wrong. I haven't used my PS5 in about two days after all.

But it's still pretty flat, which was my main point.

Log in to YouTube. That's pretty flat. PS5 UI is full of shadows / vignette, crazy effects, colourful gradient animated outlines, rounded animated cards and so on. If PS5's UI is flat, the Earth is flat.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Getting a PS5 vibe.

 

[RoadHazard]

Log in to YouTube. That's pretty flat. PS5 UI is full of shadows / vignette, crazy effects, colourful gradient animated outlines, rounded animated cards and so on. If PS5's UI is flat, the Earth is flat.

Rounded doesn't mean not flat. Gradients and outlines don't mean not flat, unless it's the kind of "3D" gradients that iOS used to have on everything (thank god that's gone).

But I also don't think the PS5 UI is the best example of modern UI design. It works well in a gaming context, but I'm talking about UI design trends in general. The Xbox UI is more in line with that, but that doesn't mean it's a better gaming console UI (I don't think it is).

 

[Gudji]

Oh shit that looks like the UI I have on my xbox one.