Passages
I hope this Community Update finds you in addition to all these emails, assembly invitations, and “let’s begin the 12 months sturdy” messages you marked all as learn have in your Inbox. We’re solely every week into 2024 and a lot has occurred already. We noticed an actual-life “Getting Over It” cosplay at a New Yr’s social gathering, the Web™ collectively determined that Leon Kennedy would completely smoke Joel, and these are the streets I grew up in.
Over right here at Xbox Insider HQ, we’ve additionally been busy chasing the hamsters again on their wheels (learn: we’re the hamsters) and getting again into the swing of issues. It’s going to be a little bit of a lighter January earlier than we actually kick it into excessive gear for the tenth Anniversary in February. So, let’s check out a few of what we’ve been engaged on:
Connections
You may need observed some modifications to the structure, design, and general look/really feel of our pretty Xbox Wire pages over the previous couple of months. As a part of our technique shift, we’ve been taking a look at alternative ways we are able to make the most of the area we have now right here on the Xbox Wire and we predict this redesign (in addition to extra attention-grabbing modifications coming quickly™!) is an effective way to kick issues off.
We’ve additionally been working to make our present content material even higher. It seems, our resident Launch Notes Virtuoso, Joshua, by no means bought off his wheel. The truth is, he’s been secretly whipping up some enhancements and updates to Launch Notes throughout all classes. We predict you’ll agree these modifications will make getting particulars on new builds simpler and sooner than ever!
Why Turns into How
I do know, I do know. One other one for the collage. I had hoped I wouldn’t have to make use of this joke for some time, nevertheless it’s taking longer than we initially thought for this course of to occur. Apologies for this continued delay. I’ll take this one firmly on the chin although. I didn’t foresee the extra investments we’re now making, however I’m glad we’re making them nonetheless!
Full Tilt
That being stated, we’re really sprinting forward with a few of our different initiatives, particularly these tied to the tenth Anniversary. One factor I’m excited to share is that we’ll be publishing an absolute glut of content material in February to the Xbox Wire. Interviews from previous, current, (and future?!) Xbox Insider group members, an oral historical past of this system, and extra will all be popping out to have fun ten years of fantastic Xbox Insider Program accomplishments and highlights. That is one thing we’re tremendous stoked about and we are able to’t wait for everybody to study extra.
Brilliant Future
We’ve additionally been working underneath the proverbial hood on just a few gadgets that aren’t fairly able to be absolutely revealed but. These things are being labored on “in-home” inside XIP, and I believe it’s among the coolest stuff we have now cooking. We’ll be speaking extra about this in February, so keep tuned! Within the meantime, please get pleasure from an up to date/modified content material roadmap.
As at all times, I hope everybody loved this installment of the Xbox Insider Program Community Update. If you wish to chat about this—and the whole lot else XIP—hop on over to the r/XboxInsiders subreddit or throw us a observe @xboxinsider.