Microsoft’s plans to overhaul the Xbox Home dashboard have been put on hold after several months of experimenting with alternatives behind the scenes.
True gamers know that the blades from the Xbox 360 era represented console UI perfection. That said, part way through the Xbox One generation Microsoft wanted to harmonise a lot of its digital products in line with Windows 10’s arrival. This quickly led to the panel-based Xbox Home dashboard design we have today, which has remained a staple throughout the Xbox Series X|S generation so far. Plans had been in place to replace the panels, but they’ve since been halted due to community feedback.
Microsoft announced in an Xbox Wire post back in September that members of the Xbox Insider program were invited to help “shape the new Xbox Home experience”. This led to multiple months of experimental additions to the existing Xbox Home dashboard, done to help Microsoft learn “how to create a more personalized home screen experience and address some of the top trends and fan requests”. These changes didn’t yield the improved results Microsoft was hoping for, however, so it's back to the drawing board with the existing dashboard staying put – at least for now.
