{"id":93633,"date":"2019-05-16T22:02:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T22:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/?p=432973"},"modified":"2019-05-16T22:02:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T22:02:13","slug":"may-2019-xbox-update-includes-improvements-to-your-friends-list-messaging-and-better-sorting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/05\/16\/may-2019-xbox-update-includes-improvements-to-your-friends-list-messaging-and-better-sorting\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2019 Xbox Update includes improvements to your friends list, messaging and better sorting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Team Xbox is hard at work preparing for E3 and beyond, but we have a few new features that are rolling out broadly beginning today! The May 2019 Xbox Update includes improvements to your friends list, messaging, and better sorting in My Games & Apps. Here\u2019s a rundown of what\u2019s new:<\/p>\n

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Friends list now shows where your friends are playing
<\/strong>We know that your friends play games across many different devices, including Xbox One, Windows 10, and mobile. To make it easier for you to know what, and where, your friends are playing we are making an update to your friends list! With this feature, we are adding unique Xbox One, PC, or mobile icons next to each of your friends in your friends list showing you which device they are currently playing on.<\/p>\n

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Message Requests
<\/strong>Your messages are getting smarter. Xbox is adding a new Message Requests feature which will prioritize messages from your friends and anyone you want to communicate with while separating out messages from people you don\u2019t know into a secondary message requests tab.<\/p>\n

As part of this update, unfortunately all previous group messages will be lost in the transition and will require manual action to archive. If you want to back up any previous group messages, you can copy\/paste them from Xbox.com for a limited time. Your messages with individual users will not be impacted. Please go here<\/a> if you wish to review your messages.<\/p>\n

Better Sorting in My Games & Apps
<\/strong>Our team has made it even easier to find the content you\u2019re looking for in My Games & Apps. Articles such as \u201ca,\u201d \u201can\u201d and \u201cthe\u201d will no longer be used to sort titles when using the \u201cSort A-Z\u201d and \u201cGroup by letter\u201d views. For example, \u201cThe Witcher\u201d will now be found under \u201cW\u201d instead of \u201cT.\u201d Thanks so much to our Xbox community for helping prioritize this change by voting in our recent \u201cMy Games & Apps\u201d Idea Drive, and don\u2019t forget to check the Xbox Idea Hub<\/a> for other topics to which you can contribute.<\/p>\n

These updates are available based on the input from our Xbox Insiders who have helped shape these features. Thank you to all of you for your valuable input and continued participation. If you\u2019d like to help define the future of Xbox and get access to early features, download the Xbox Insider Hub app<\/a> on your Xbox One or Windows 10 PC today and share your ideas at the Xbox Ideas Hub<\/a>. You can also visit the Xbox Insider Blog here<\/a> for the latest release notes and to learn more. Enjoy the May Update and happy gaming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Team Xbox is hard at work preparing for E3 and beyond, but we have a few new features that are rolling out broadly beginning today! The May 2019 Xbox Update includes improvements to your friends list, messaging, and better sorting in My Games & Apps. Here\u2019s a rundown of what\u2019s new:    Friends list now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[50,56],"class_list":["post-93633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-microsoft-news","tag-recent-news","tag-xbox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}