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Like shortcuts on a PC, Pins provide quick access to up to 40 items across the Home and Guide menu. If you have a library filled with hundreds of games, using Pins can often be the easiest way to filter them. Before using Pins, you'll need to choose which items you use most. For added flexibility, Microsoft also offers the ability to change your system's theme based on time of day.
Remember not everyone goes, or even knows to go to, the store tab, so there needs to be something to get traffic there. Hell, even I only go there based on an ad. I think for this reason these ads will never disappear completely. I don't however need a freaking controller ad. Save that crap for the store page, and DON'T YOU DARE give me a third party ad unless there is some kind of contest tie in.
How to Refresh Your Xbox Home Screen
Here's how to change your custom accent color on Xbox One. Xbox and Twitch have teamed up to make live streaming from your Xbox easier than ever. Access Twitch directly from the guide and manage your setup in a few simple steps. The Day One Xbox One UI and UX was infinitely better than this.
S, your console will boot 50% faster. However, periodically refreshing your Home screen, even if you aren't experiencing any issues, can help maintain your Xbox's user interface.
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Josh Free has had a passion for gaming and writing since childhood. Similarly to the prior method, your Home screen will then reload and refresh on your Xbox One. But how exactly do you refresh your Xbox Home screen, and why might you need to do it?
Check out our guide on utilizing scheduled themes on Xbox One for a deeper look at this feature. Changing your theme has a large effect on the feel of your Xbox One, beyond your system color. Reworking the entire Xbox One OS, the light theme favors whites and lighter colors, which makes for improved visibility in brighter environments.
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Microsoft continues to update the Xbox One interface. You can grab a lifetime license to the full Microsoft Office suite for only $30, both for Windows or Mac. I just want a refined version of the start screen, that would be perfect.
These are not just ads in general like Google spams us with all the time. These are ads about games and xbox services that are links directly to them so they are easier to access . I also think the UI is faster most of the time than it use to be . They need to let you cram more on a screen at one time if you want however. Repeat these steps for all games and apps you plan to add.
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Also I'm surprised to see they killed Cortana. I don't follow too much MS news so I'm surprised about this. They killed off Kinect and now Cortana.

I’m gonna assume this is a hard drive issue. It could be hard drive startin to show some about to break symptoms but it’s a wild guess. Some of it could also be the console overheating for some reason but as much a guess as the HD.
It should be a toggle to use either a headset or an app if anything. Asher Madan handles gaming news for Windows Central. Before joining Windows Central in 2017, Asher worked for a number of different gaming outlets. He has a background in medical science and is passionate about all forms of entertainment, cooking, and antiquing. There are special steps to format and prep Xbox One internal hard drives, you can't just pop it in like a PC.

Matt Brown was formerly a Windows Central's Senior Editor, Xbox & PC, at Future. Following over seven years of professional consumer technology and gaming coverage, he’s focused on the world of Microsoft's gaming efforts. You can follow him on Twitter @mattjbrown. The Xbox One's February update should be live, and free to download, now. Alongside these home interface and UI adjustments, the updates also rolls out some quality-of-life changes. These desktop background images contain the intellectual property of Microsoft and other third parties.
Tweaking this value affects the acrylic effect of select elements and how the background shows through. The easiest way to set any background is by using a saved image, transferred through an external USB device. These are the steps to choosing and using your own custom background image on Xbox One.
They totally fed the ball on this one. If I wanted an assistant on my xbox it should have been able to do things to make my life on xbox better. While I did disagree with your initial complaints about the previous update and the ads, I do have to agree that three of them is excessive. I do like having a store link right on the front screen so I can know the current sale special or the free games, but do we need 3 of them? I think there is a balance that almost NEEDS to be there.