Xbox Series X could remove one its best social features in bizarre update

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In one of its strangest updates yet, Xbox Series X looks set to remove the direct sharing of clips from your console to social media. As evidenced by the latest Xbox Insider preview build, participating users have noted that the Twitter clip sharing option no longer exists.

As reported by Windows Central, those enrolled in the Xbox Insider program can see that the Twitter clip sharing option has been removed from Xbox Game DVR entirely. Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S owners will instead need to share their clips to their phone first if they want to upload them to social media, effectively adding an extra step to the process.

While it's easy to think the change could be chalked up to a mistake – after all, it seems bizarre that Microsoft remove such a useful sharing feature from its console – this unfortunately doesn't appear to be the case. The mobile sharing option now displays social media icons from Twitter, Instagram and more, signalling that the change was indeed deliberate.

As per the latest Xbox Insider build, you're still able to share your gameplay clips to your activity feed, via messages to your friends, or to your Microsoft account's OneDrive storage if you're so inclined. But arguably none of these options were quite as useful as Twitter sharing, especially if you're particularly active on the social media giant.

We really can't think of a good reason why Microsoft would remove direct sharing from Xbox Series X/S to your Twitter feed. It's a feature that quickly and easily lets you upload interesting highlights for your followers to see, and it's one that both PS5 and Nintendo Switch players can still make use of.

The feature isn't going away from Xbox consoles entirely, of course. You're still able to transfer