According to the developers, the “cold start” takes less than two seconds, and the overall design is much more thoughtful. When used, there will be convenient search capabilities like tracking popular games among friends and projects based on your own interests.
Of course, the overall design has also changed – now it resembles the PlayStation Store. The left column lists the main sections like Home Screen, Games, and Applications. When you click on “Games”, an auxiliary menu appears with different categories.
New store home screen
The left menu resembles PS Store
Now the game pages look like this
Search results for phrase Forza
One of the menus – the most popular races
Xbox podcast highlighting what’s new (22 minutes to 44 minutes)
Public testing for the Xbox Insiders program will begin on August 5. The store will be fully launched in the fall.
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