Xbox’s new filters aim to make sense of disorganized game libraries

It doesn’t take long to start cluttering up your Xbox game collection. Sometimes it’s hard to choose between titles you’ve actually purchased, ones shared with you, and others you can play through a Game Pass subscription. Microsoft’s solution? Filters. Today, the company began rolling out a new Xbox Insider update that will finally let you sort the content in your library, so you can easily find out what you can actually play. (And maybe also to remind you that you need to buy a title you spent dozens of hours in via Game Pass, but later forgot about.)

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Of course, this is clearly a feature that should have been available on Xbox systems years ago, but it will still be useful for those poor souls still devoted to Microsoft’s beleaguered console. Additionally, this Xbox Insider update also adds a new startup sequence with revamped sound and animation (yay?), as well as tiered Gamerscore badges to make hardcore gamers even more obnoxious. (Again, why is this happening now?)

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As usual, Microsoft slowly rolls out new updates to Insiders, so there is no guarantee when they will actually see the update. If you are interested, you can register for the program directly from your console. Just be prepared to deal with the instability and quirks that can come from unfinished software. Microsoft hasn’t announced when these new features will come to regular Xbox players, but judging by history, it usually takes a few months.

This Xbox Insider update arrives just days later Forza Horizon 6one of the few major exclusives of the platform, has leaked on the Internet. Xbox has also taken some surprising steps recently: the division’s new CEO, Asha Sharma, just announced that Xbox will completely move away from Microsoft’s Copilot AI issue. That doesn’t mean we won’t see any AI capabilities on Xbox across the board, but for now the platform wisely parts ways with Copilot, something Microsoft is also building on in WIndows 11.