Custom Gamerpics Coming to Xbox Live

A highly requested Xbox Alive characteristic is on its way.

In a Monday weblog mail service, Xbox Live's Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb announced that Xbox Insiders volition before long be able to update their gamerpic with a custom image. If y'all're not an Insider, though, know that the option volition "be in preview longer than other features to ensure it's great for anybody when released," Hyrb warned.

If you lot own an Xbox gild, meanwhile, y'all will be able to upload custom images as a Club logo and background. Similar custom gamerpics, this feature should be in preview longer than some others.

The blog mail service details several other feature updates Microsoft plans to roll out to select Xbox Insider members starting this month. Improvements are coming to Loonshit, Activeness Feed, Looking for Group, and more.

Going forrad, you'll be able to discover tournaments from your Xbox I or the Xbox app on Windows 10, get notifications when your match is ready, jump right in on the Xbox One, see automated results, and bear witness them off on your activity feed. Plus, Earth of Tanks fans will be able to participate in new Loonshit-powered tournaments on Xbox One.

In Activity Feed, you'll be able to hide posts that annoy you lot; pin ane you like to the superlative of your feed; and filter posts by friends, games, or Clubs. Another handy characteristic will let you filter your game library by platform (Xbox Ane and Xbox 360) on the My Apps and Games screen.

Information technology should also exist easier to vet gamers interested in joining your political party. When yous create a Looking for Group mail service, you'll be able to see new "vetting cards" that show relevant stats like a person'south kill/expiry ratio, rank, or score. You'll also exist able to search Looking for Group posts from the Achievements tab, so you can find posts related to the Accomplishment y'all're trying to terminate.

These new features volition begin appearing for select Xbox Insiders the next few weeks.

About Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag's expert on fitness and smart domicile products. Didactics yoga for near ten years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected health products including fitness trackers, heart charge per unit monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength grooming machines, treadmills, and more. Angela also tests smart dwelling house devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, just to name a few.