Microsoft speeds up Xbox PC app by up to 60 percent

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 5 Nov, 20:03 · Archive

Microsoft has redesigned its Xbox PC app to launch up to 60 per cent faster, with performance improvements across pages and features.

Microsoft is overhauling its Xbox PC app with significant performance improvements and a redesigned interface. The app now launches up to 60 per cent faster than before, with home, store and game pass pages loading up to 50 per cent faster and in-app windows opening up to 65 per cent faster, according to Microsoft's internal testing.

The redesign simplifies navigation to work better with a controller, making it feel more like an Xbox console experience on Windows. The library section now has updated filters and improved game organisation, with unified search covering games, installed titles, people and add-ons. Friends and social features are now integrated into the main navigation, and the app features redesigned game cards and a refreshed home page and settings section.

Xbox Insiders will be able to test the updated PC app immediately. Microsoft is also rolling out a refreshed Xbox web experience and similar redesigns to its Xbox cloud gaming apps for televisions and virtual reality headsets over the coming weeks.

How it is being reported

• The Xbox PC app is getting a speed boostThe updated app, rolling out to Xbox Insiders first, launches up to 60 percent faster.Engadget · 5 Nov, 19:52
• Xbox overhauls its PC, web, and cloud apps with a faster designMicrosoft is unveiling a new Xbox PC app that launches "up to 60 percent faster" than before, with an overhauled design to match new updates to Xbox Cloud Gaming on the web and smart TVs. Xbox Insiders will be able to start testing the updated Xbox PC app today, and the updated Xbox Cloud Gaming […]The Verge · 5 Nov, 17:00

In this story: Microsoft · Xbox · Jason Beaumont

This summary was written by AI from the headlines and standfirsts above, and states as fact only what at least two outlets report. How we use AI · Report a problem · Corrections log