Xbox Update Includes Major Quality of Life Improvement

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When it comes to video game consoles, cool new features and services are all well and good, but oftentimes it’s the general quality-of-life improvements that truly enhance the user experience. Xbox has a pretty good track record when it comes to updating its consoles to make them much more convenient for their owners, and with the new update it’s begun rolling out, it has introduced a helpful feature that Xbox users with sizable game libraries will appreciate.

This week sees the release of a new update for members of the Xbox Insider program in the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring. The update overhauls users’ libraries with new tab-like categories designed to give them more options for organizing their games. Although there are already tabs for games available through subscription services like Xbox Game Pass, a new “All Games” tab has been added allowing users to see all of their games in a single place.

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Microsoft explained that the purpose of this new feature is to streamline access to one’s games. This should prove helpful for users who have several games split between normal purchases, Game Pass, and Games with Gold, as they don’t have to remember whether a game is in the owned games tab or one of the subscription tabs. Anyone interested can see what this looks like courtesy of a screenshot shared by Luis D Knight on Twitter.

Aside from the tab overhaul, the update also introduces extra options for automatic shutdown times, allowing Xbox users to configure their consoles to shut down after being inactive for 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, or 45 minutes. A couple of fixes have also been added, addressing certain connectivity and language issues. To reiterate, all of this is