Microsoft is letting some members of the Xbox Insider program test out a small but still noticeable new feature to the home screen experience on Xbox consoles.
The company began rolling out this update this week to Xbox Insiders on Alpha and Alpha skip ahead rings Here’s what they can check now:
Home – Backgrounds and game art
You can now choose to display game art backgrounds for selected games in Home, with any background! Previously only available in the default background, showing (or hiding) selected game art with your preferred background is now up to you.
You can find the new option under Definitions > general > Personal customization > my background > View featured game art.
Additionally, when setting a color for an abstract dynamic background that supports coloring, you can choose a different color from your current profile or choose to stay in sync with your profile color.
The Verge’s Tom Warren posted a quick video showing the game’s new background art feature in action on his X account (formerly Twitter)..
Microsoft is testing a new update to the Xbox Home UI dashboard that lets you enable game art backgrounds with any dynamic or regular background. Much better than having to use a default background to get the game art feature 👍 pic.twitter.com/DhdIGPZgCl
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) April 29, 2024
The new feature will likely be available to other members of the Xbox Insider program before being released to all Xbox console owners at some point in the future.
Microsoft released its last major Xbox software update to all users earlier in April. It mainly focused on Windows gamers, with the Xbox PC app adding Game Hubs that help track a gamer’s progress and achievements on any PC game in their library of titles. Xbox owners got some new improvements, including a way to set a PIN so other users can’t download games on your console without permission.