The build Alpha members got yesterday was labeled a June build, so the answer is always sometime in June "when it's ready". Unclear if Groups are locked into the June release though, as they originally made their way to some Alpha users in May builds, but they went back and made some changes to them.
Thanks for posting, I actually hadn't seen how they look in the guide yet.
They halted the rollout and made some changes to them based on feedback. See yesterday's patch notes in this thread for a few changes they made.So Groups were announced on the 9th and said to be rolling out to all Alpha ring members in "the next few days". It's now 2 weeks later and I still don't have them...what gives?
So Groups were announced on the 9th and said to be rolling out to all Alpha ring members in "the next few days". It's now 2 weeks later and I still don't have them...what gives?
Had the same issues (Germany as well like you) but 1 week ago those categories showed up after doing a hard reset.I still don't have the Game Pass, Gold & EA Access categories, despite even normal, not preview user having them for a long time now. The whole system doesn't make sense, don't think about it.
Non-preview users have them? I have three systems in the Preview program and none have those categories (only the Subscriptions category).I still don't have the Game Pass, Gold & EA Access categories, despite even normal, not preview user having them for a long time now. The whole system doesn't make sense, don't think about it.
Had the same issues (Germany as well like you) but 1 week ago those categories showed up after doing a hard reset.
Yeah I'm not a fan of the new consolidation either. Would have preferred the pins button just be released with groups.All alpha users should have groups as of the 6pm pacific time build today. First reaction: why the consolidation of Games & Apps and Groups/Pins in the guide? Doesn't seem like that streamlining was necessary and it creates an extra button press to get to Games & Apps. My pins were killed as well, which I assume is a bug right now and not the intended final user experience? I would assume your Pins would become your first Group by default.
That's indeed bad!Groups
Good:
You can make your own pins.
Bad:
They are per console, and do not travel with profile.
just keep doing quests and fill in reports and you maybe will get selected for the Alpha ring
Report the problem. They should travel with your profile. (Of course both consoles need to be able to use the group feature.)
Is this console mocking me now???
I STILL don't have the Gamepass, EA & Gold categories but instead I have the new group category and the "games" category appears TWICE now.
What is this shit? Why can't they just release a firmware with new features and everyone has them, like Sony, is that so hard?
First and third category are absolutely the same, how can I fix this shit?
Also I can't delete every pin, the avatar pin can't get deleted for some reason. It's annoying.
Well yes, it is hard, and you can imagine how bad it would be if the bugs you're seeing here went out to tens of millions of customers.Is this console mocking me now???
I STILL don't have the Gamepass, EA & Gold categories but instead I have the new group category and the "games" category appears TWICE now.
What is this shit? Why can't they just release a firmware with new features and everyone has them, like Sony, is that so hard?
First and third category are absolutely the same, how can I fix this shit?
Well yes, it is hard, and you can imagine how bad it would be if the bugs you're seeing here went out to tens of millions of customers.
Since you are a part of the preview program, I assume that you have held the home button and reported feedback for each of these issues? Because if you're complaining about problems like this but you haven't reported these issues, why did you even opt-in to the preview program in the first place?
I'm not here to hate on the program, though I also don't have the tabs for gold/game pass/EA Access after months of that being in retail builds in the beta.Well yes, it is hard, and you can imagine how bad it would be if the bugs you're seeing here went out to tens of millions of customers.
Since you are a part of the preview program, I assume that you have held the home button and reported feedback for each of these issues? Because if you're complaining about problems like this but you haven't reported these issues, why did you even opt-in to the preview program in the first place?
Sure I report them on the console but the problem here is that the GamePass/Gold/EA categories aren't preview only features anymore for a long time now (I heard that from several people without preview program) and while many normal users have them, I still have not, after how many months now, 3? 4? and that's just super awkward.
Plus the new, pretty ridiculous, problem just adds to it.
Saw this on Reddit:
Jesus Christ, get your shit together Microsoft. :(
Aren't you looking for the Memberships/Mitgliedschaften item in the sidebar? Like the one Gowan shot a few posts above?
I bet they held the new avatars back to have games that integrate them ready. Hopefully at E3 we can get some free Avatar Games without kinect.
Coming eventually... maybe...
Good to see I'm not the only one suffering from this.
No, Game Pass and Games with Gold are their own sections if you have that feature rolled out to your Games & Apps.yeah, im in beta and i hope they send a quick hotfix for this soon.
the person just made a group for his gwg right? not an actual list that will be made by ms?
If you dont want bugs on your dashboard, remove your console from betas, why people are surprised at things going wrong when they are enrolled into a beta program is beyond me.I shouldn't have said anything..... Now it looks like this and it doesn't even scroll down.
If you dont want bugs on your dashboard, remove your console from betas, why people are surprised at things going wrong when they are enrolled into a beta program is beyond me.
If you dont want bugs on your dashboard, remove your console from betas, why people are surprised at things going wrong when they are enrolled into a beta program is beyond me.
ah okay! well i cant wait for that update lolNo, Game Pass and Games with Gold are their own sections if you have that feature rolled out to your Games & Apps.
You say that as if it's somehow worse. The very nature of being in the Update Preview Program is to help Microsoft in identifying these bugs in Alpha/Beta software, so that they will not be there for final release. I am having such a hard time understanding your logic and why your demeanor is one of "this is bullshit."