Windows 10: New features coming to Xbox Insiders in 1905

Brink · Apr 25, 2019

Welcome to 1905, Xbox Insiders! There’s lots to be excited for in the coming months (including E3!). In the meantime, we have a new update for you to try out as the first set of 1905 features begins rolling out to the Alpha Skip Ahead and Alpha rings tomorrow including a new feature for Xbox Game Pass, friends list updates and improvements to messaging.

The team at Xbox is always striving to improve the Xbox ecosystem based on fan feedback—we appreciate every thought and idea shared! If you want to make your voice heard, join the discussion over at the new Xbox Idea Hub. We hope you enjoy trying out these new features over the coming weeks and look forward to your valuable feedback.

New features for Xbox Game Pass

Xbox Game Pass offers a curated library of over 100 great games, available to download and play at full fidelity for one low-monthly price. We are always looking to bring new features and new value to our Xbox Game Pass members, and we have a new feature for Xbox Insiders to try out. We listen to community feedback to help influence what we build next, so let us know what you think!

Play later – With so many great games to choose from in the Game Pass library, it can be hard to keep track of every game you may want to play. Play later lets you make a list of games for you to come back to on your time. Manage your collection from your Xbox console or the Game Pass mobile app and download your games when you’re ready.

Friends list shows where your friends are playing

We know that your friends play games across many different devices, including Xbox One, Windows 10, and mobile. When looking at your friends list, it is obvious which platform your friend is playing on when a game is platform exclusive, but it gets a bit trickier for games that you can play on multiple platforms such as Minecraft, Sea of Thieves, or Forza Horizon 4. To make it easier for you to know what, and where, your friends are playing we are making an update to your friends list! With this feature, we are adding a PC icon next to friends that are gaming on PC, an Xbox One icon next to friends playing on console, and a mobile icon next to friends playing on their mobile device. These icons will only appear for the platforms you are not currently viewing the friends list on, i.e. if you pull up your friends list on an Xbox One, you won’t see an icon for friends also playing on Xbox One, but you will see icons for other platforms your friends are currently playing on.

Message Requests
Your messages are getting smarter. Xbox is adding a new Message Requests feature in messaging which will prioritize messages from your friends and anyone you want to communicate with while separating out messages from people you don’t know into a message requests tab.

We wanted to make you aware that unfortunately, as part of this update all previous group messages will be lost in the transition and will require manual action to archive. If you want to back up any previous group messages, you can copy/paste them from Xbox.com for a limited time. Your messages with individual users will not be impacted. Please go here if you wish to review your messages.

Better Sorting in My Games & apps

Our team has made it even easier to find the content you’re looking for in My Games & apps. From now on, articles such as “a,” “an” and “the” will no longer be used to sort titles when using the “Sort A-Z” and “Group by letter” views. For example, “The Witcher” will now be found under “W” instead of “T.” Thanks so much to our Xbox community for helping prioritize this change by voting in our recent “My Games & apps” Idea Drive, and don’t forget to check the Xbox Idea Hub for other topics to which you can contribute.

Experiments

A subset of Xbox Insiders may see some experimental features in addition to what’s listed above. These are designed to gauge interest and solicit feedback from a more focused group.

As always, thanks to all the Xbox Insiders for your feedback. Your insight and input are crucial to making a better Xbox experience for gamers around the world.
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Source: Improvements to Xbox Game Pass, Friends List and Messaging Coming to Xbox Insiders - Xbox Wire

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Brink · Apr 25, 2019

Xbox One Preview Alpha Ring 1905 System Update 190412-1505 April 15

Starting at 2:00 p.m. PST today, members of the Xbox One Preview Alpha Ring will begin receiving the latest 1905 Xbox One system update (19H1_RELEASE_XBOX_DEV_1905\18362.3025.190412-1505) Read on for more about the new features, fixes and known issues in the latest 1905 system update.This first update is meant to lay the groundwork for what’s to come in 1905, so while you’ll find fixes and known issues listed below, please keep an eye out for feature announcements as they’re ready to be previewed. Thanks, as always, for your passion for helping make Xbox One system updates the best they can be prior to release to GA!

DETAILS:

OS version released: 19H1_RELEASE_XBOX_DEV_1905\18362.3025.190412-1505

Available: 2:00PM PDT 4/15/19

Mandatory Date/Time: 3:00 AM PDT 4/16/19

New Features:

This update lays the groundwork for what’s to come in 1905, so while you’ll find fixes and known issues listed below, please keep an eye out for feature announcements as they’re ready to be previewed. Thanks, as always, for your passion for helping make Xbox One system updates the best they can be prior to release to GA!

Fixes:

Clubs

Invited Users to the Xbox Club no longer needs to accept the request twice within a Club.

My Games and Apps

Additional fixes for an issue in which switching from media apps such as Youtube/Hulu to a game or from a game to a media app would crash the console.

Notifications

Users will now receive notification in Alerts when others commented in their post.

Known Issues:

Audio

Some users are experiencing no audio with headsets and we are investigating

Some users are encountering no audio on their Xbox console after boot (no shell audio, no game audio, no app audio), then have CSS ask them to perform the following steps:

Cold reboot the console

OR

Go to Audio settings on console

Change their HDMI audio settings to the highest supported uncompressed channel count for their equipment

Switch back to the desired format

Audio should be restored

Profile Color

Sometimes users may encounter the incorrect Profile color when powering on the console.

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Source: April 15th : New Preview Alpha Ring 1905 Update (1905.190412-1505) - Xbox Wire

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Brink · Apr 25, 2019

Xbox One Preview Alpha Ring 1905 System Update 190410-1904 April 11

Starting at 2:00 p.m. PST today, members of the Xbox One Preview Alpha Ring will begin receiving the latest 1905 Xbox One system update (19H1_RELEASE_XBOX_DEV_1905\18362.3023.190410-1904). Read on for more about the new features, fixes and known issues in the latest 1904 system update.

DETAILS:

OS version released: 19H1_RELEASE_XBOX_DEV_1905\18362.3023.190410-1904

Available: 6:00PM PDT 4/12/19

Mandatory Date/Time: 3:00 AM PDT 4/13/19.

New Features:

This first update is meant to lay the groundwork for what’s to come in 1905, so while you’ll find fixes and known issues listed below, please keep an eye out for feature announcements as they’re ready to be previewed. Thanks, as always, for your passion for helping make Xbox One system updates the best they can be prior to release to GA!

Fixes:

My Games and Apps

Additional fixes for an issue in which switching from media apps such as Youtube/Hulu to a game or from a game to a media app would crash the console

Known Issues:

Audio

Some users are experiencing no audio with headsets and we are investigating

Some users are encountering no audio on their Xbox console after boot (no shell audio, no game audio, no app audio), then have CSS ask them to perform the following steps:

Cold reboot the console

OR

Go to Audio settings on console

Change their HDMI audio settings to the highest supported uncompressed channel count for their equipment

Switch back to the desired format

Audio should be restored

Profile Color

Sometimes users may encounter the incorrect Profile color when powering on the console.

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Source: April 11th : New Preview Alpha Ring 1905 Update (1905.190410-1904) - Xbox Wire

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Brink · Apr 25, 2019

Xbox One Preview Alpha Ring 1905 System Update 190414-1915 April 17

Starting at 2:00 p.m. PST today, members of the Xbox One Preview Alpha Ring will begin receiving the latest 1905 Xbox One system update (19H1_RELEASE_XBOX_DEV_1905\18362.3028.190414-1915).This update lay’s the groundwork for what’s to come in 1905, so while you’ll find fixes and known issues listed below, please keep an eye out for feature announcements as they’re ready to be previewed. Thanks, as always, for your passion for helping make Xbox One system updates the best they can be prior to release to GA!

DETAILS:

OS version released: 19H1_RELEASE_XBOX_DEV_1905\18362.3028.190414-1915

Available: 2:00PM PST 4/17/19

Mandatory Date/Time: 3:00 AM PST 4/18/19

Fixes:

Messaging

Fixes to the new messaging framework

System

Performance fixes to Home and collection.

Fixes to the Gamepass twist.

Stability fixes to the system update process.

Known Issues:

Audio

Some users are experiencing no audio with headsets and we are investigating

Some users are encountering no audio on their Xbox console after boot (no shell audio, no game audio, no app audio), then have CSS ask them to perform the following steps:

Cold reboot the console

OR

Go to Audio settings on console

Change their HDMI audio settings to the highest supported uncompressed channel count for their equipment

Switch back to the desired format

Audio should be restored

Profile Color

Sometimes users may encounter the incorrect Profile color when powering on the console.

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Source: April 17th : New Preview Alpha 1905 Update (1910.190414-1915) - Xbox Wire

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Windows 10: New features coming to Xbox Insiders in 1905

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