New PC home experience
The Xbox app for Windows will now land on the Home tab when launched, making it faster and easier to get to the fun, and putting players at the center of the experience. This new Home combines the best and latest content from the Game Pass and Store tabs, including free-to-play content and deals.
Improving settings for extensions
You can now enable and disable your third-party game launchers in Settings > Extensions based on your needs per gaming session, or save the ones you want to launch when you open the Xbox app.
Offline mode updates
More improvements have been made to make the Xbox app for Windows even better while playing offline. Search your device locally, see what games are installed, check out local captures in game hubs, and much more! Make sure you set your device up for Offline mode by going to Settings > App > Offline permissions enabled.
Bug fixes
Resolved an issue with disproportionate button sizes when redeeming Rewards points.
Fixed a bug where error messaging was not properly displaying when trying to install games to incompatible drives.
Resolved an issue where Game Pass badging was not being applied to games that were a part of the Game Pass catalog.
Resolved an issue where various font sizes were inconsistent.
Xbox Support:
Release date: 9/9/2024
App version number: 2409.1001.5.0
Compact mode in Game Bar
Added a controller-first game overlay optimized for gaming on handheld devices, providing a more intuitive and much easier way to navigate your...
Xbox Support:
Release date: 5/20/2024
App version number:2405.1001.5.0
Pre-download game updates
Your game updates will now download in advance of their official release so that you can jump right into playing when the new updates go live....