Xbox Achievements to Get Visual Refresh and New Features - News
by William D'Angelo , posted 1 day ago / 2,070 Views
Microsoft has announced it will be refreshing Xbox Achievements with multiple changes and improvements.
Xbox Insiders can start testing the changes today with plans to roll out to more insiders over time, followed by a release for all users.
The changes include refreshed achievement notifications with a new look and feel, ability to hide games from your Achievement history on your profile, and games with 100% of achievements unlocks will be highlighted in the achievements list.
Read details on the changes below:
Achievements Get a Visual Refresh
We’ve refreshed achievement notifications with a new look and feel, including updated icons and animations when you unlock classic or rare achievements. Notifications will also match your custom color, making each unlock feel more personal. Happy achievement hunting!
Hide Games from Your Achievement List
Coming later this month, you will be able hide any game from your Achievement history on your profile, giving you more control over how your accomplishments are presented. Whether you want a cleaner look or just want to highlight what matters most to you, this puts your profile in your hands. This only affects how your profile appears, hidden games will still count towards your total Gamerscore and your activity in these games will still be reported across Xbox.
This has been one of the most requested features from Xbox Insiders and we’re excited to finally get it into your hands very soon.
Highlight Your 100% Completed Games
When you’ve earned all available Gamerscore for a title, you’ll now see it highlighted in your achievements list, so your hard work is easy to spot. This gives you a quick, at-a-glance way to celebrate full completion.
We’ve also added new filter options to this view, making it easier to find your fully completed games alongside any titles you’ve chosen to hide.
This is a small but meaningful step in a broader set of improvements we’re making to Achievements. We’re continuing to explore new ways to recognize completion and milestone moments over time, and this update is one of our first steps towards celebrating those moments.
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Changing the sound would be nice, replace it with a list of choices, like first party ones, Halo Shield Recharge, Banjo collected jiggy sound etc.
The new CEO has implemented a decent amount of fan feedback in a short period of time. I wouldn't be surprised if we see more improvements to achievements.
In a month, Asha has already put out more requested Xbox features than have happened in years
Asha mentioned today that this was part of a team to focus on fan requested features. The first one was released a few weeks ago, and now this.
We know there were attempts at revitalizing the achievement system, but it would be cancelled, started again, cancelled again, etc. Don't know what the problem was, but I guess it took proper direction.
eh… I find it hard to believe something like this would need months. This seems like a quick and easy thing to spit out in a few weeks given enough thought and effort.
UI is difficult, ask a programmer. Not to mention the planning stages takes a while as well.
Yes, reports indicate that under new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, significant updates for Xbox consoles—including new dashboard improvements—were developed and prepped for Insider testing within two weeks of her taking over, marking a pivot back to focusing on the console user base.
^ We also saw some of the xbox team being very happy with how they can work on it and deliver fast aswell.
How about making it so when you get 100%, and the developers add new achviments, it still says 100%? That quark drove me nuts when I was scrolling through them years ago. I had 100% on Minecraft. Then after an update, it was suddenly gone. I felt totally ripped off.
another good change from Asha, hopefully Phil took all the rakes with him after stepping on so many
I can't believe this took 10 years and a whole new CEO to accomplish lol
I'm still highly skeptical but Asha is certainly doing her best to win me back
Looks good
