Xbox consoles get test of new background and Guide menu customization options
Microsoft has begun testing new Xbox console customization features: rotating backgrounds, a separate library category for disc-to-digital games, and the option to move the Guide menu to the right side of the screen.
Microsoft began testing new customization options for Xbox consoles today. The features are available to Xbox Insiders, the program members who receive new functions ahead of the wider player base. The changes affect background images, the game library and the Guide menu.
Rotating backgrounds
Eden Marie, principal software engineering lead at Xbox, said testers can save favorite dynamic backgrounds and have the console shuffle through them automatically. The Shuffle option can be chosen at the start of any background category. The background can change each time the user signs in, or be set to change hourly, daily or weekly.
Disc-to-digital games
Microsoft is also improving how games with a digital license claimed from a disc version are organized on the console. Insiders who have claimed such a license will see these titles in a separate category in the library. They will also be able to hide the digital license icon on game tiles.
Guide menu on the right
The third change lets users choose whether the Xbox Guide menu appears on the left or right side of the screen.
According to Marie, members of the Alpha Skip-Ahead group can try the features first. Microsoft intends to bring them to more Xbox Insiders and players over time.
