What's Next for the Xbox One Home Dashboard
Xbox engineers were performing "AB" experiments in previous releases. This means that a random selection of our Xbox Insider audience received the new changes, while others were the control group with the standard Home experience.
We are doing things a little differently with this next phase, starting with what we call "ABC" experiments. Three groups are randomly selected for two versions of Home experiments, while a third group is our control group.
This new phase starts today,
Thursday, October 17th! Xbox Insiders from
Alpha and
Alpha Skip-Ahead are eligible for these Home experiments and may see the changes with the latest preview update.
- Alpha Skip-Ahead users should update to their latest preview OS build, which will be made available at 2 p.m. PT today, before determining if you have the new Home experience. (Release notes found here.)
- Alpha's preview update from yesterday has prepared Alpha devices for this new phase. Try power cycling the Xbox One console before determining if you have the new Home experience.
"ABC" Experiments for Home
Group A will see four new content blocks for what the twists were previously. This dashboard will look similar to previous Home experiments.
Group B will have a single button under their main dashboard tile for My Games & Apps, rather than the four content blocks Group A will experience.
Note: Changes to tiles during previous Home experiments do not carry over with new iterations.
Those in Group C (our control group) are just as important in this process! You're providing us data on the current performance of the Xbox One Home dashboard we all see today. Your data shows how successful our work is for you.
Each step we take with the Xbox One Home dashboard allows us to adjust the placement and user-friendliness of buttons and tiles, increase visibility of console features, optimize dashboard and menu commands, and transform Home into the hub for all things Xbox! Groups A and B are chosen at random from select Xbox One Update Preview rings. The Xbox Insider Team cannot influence who is chosen for these feature releases.